From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2007-08-08T04:43:36+09:00
Subject: Re: #send in 1.9

On 8/7/07, Robert Dober <robert.dober@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/7/07, Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 8/7/07, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > In any case, the bottom line is that, of all the choices (in order of
> > > my preference): #send vs. #instance_send, keep #send and pick a new
> > > term, #send vs. #send!, ... Matz' current choice is at the bottom. And
> > > I think a lot of Rubyists agree.
> >
> > Then write an RCR and see how it does.  I personally prefer send /
> > send! but am fine with send / funcall()
> >
> > This discussion gets boring fast. :-/
> For sure for those who like the behavior as it is planned...
>
> Anyway a CR shall be discussed in this list before issued, so the
> attitude, "write a RCR" because one does not want to discuss the item
> is an approach I appreciate only mildly...

That's not what I'm suggesting.  Search the archive for previous
discussions on this topic.   My point is that sooner or later, issues
like this need to make it to the RCR phase to avoid repeating the same
points over and over.