From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2007-11-05T21:40:33+09:00
Subject: Re: def blah do |x| -- alternate method definition syntax

On 11/5/07, Joe Holt <joe07734@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks matz and all. The define_method() trick hadn't occurred to me
> -- almost the same, indeed. Why couldn't block parameter syntax be
> extended to accept optional args: do |x, y=0| ? I Realize that this is
> only meaningful for the hypothetical def usage, but come to think of
> it I see no reason blocks couldn't accept optional args in cases where
> they're .called().
>
> And doesn't calling a proc with [] smell like a cute hack (hey, we've
> got this bracket method...) to anyone else?

Nope. Not something that seems odd at all after five years of using Ruby. ;)

-austin
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