From: Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...>
Date: 2007-12-12T12:21:09+09:00
Subject: Re: How much would variable declarations in Ruby make you wi

>     The two most popular sources of bugs for me when programming in Ruby
> are:
> 
> 1)  Passing the wrong object as a parameter to a method.
> 2)  Accidentally creating a new variable.

I agree with number 1.  I like duck typing and respect it, but I have
seriously thought of suggesting 'voluntary' type checks to Ruby before,
since it is a very common problem to pass a String instead of an
Integer.
I would have except I thought I might be bludgeoned by the community or
something.  I still would use something like
def func_1(a ==> String, b ==> Fixnum)
end
if I had it.  If only to ensure expected use at the beginning of coding
creation.
-Roger
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