From: Frasier Mruby <flyingkite@...>
Date: 2008-10-07T22:33:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Why not adopt "Python Style" indentation for Ruby?

I have to mention in the first line of each post.  I agree the idea of 
closing a code block with something like "END", but suggest to use 
something else to replace it such as "{ }".

>Have you written to any C mailing lists, suggesting that C adopt
>features from Ruby?
If you felt insulted when some people ask if ruby could make improvement 
in future on its syntax, I feel sorry for that and think people could be 
better off to have an opener mind.  Event if I didn't write to any C 
mailing list asking C to improve its syntax, but there are much chances 
that some other people had written to Java mailing list ask java to 
adopt some nice feature from ruby or other languages.  That might be the 
reason in jdk1.5 there were some syntax improvement like the adoption of 
Generics. In future release, Python might have considered to remove 
"self" as suggested by someone who wrote to python mailing list.  It's a 
common scenario that suggestions were brought up to ask the possibility 
of syntax improvement,just like the first article in this thread posted 
by someone else.

>It's been discussed a million times over many years, if that's what
>you mean.
If the "END" will not be considered to be replaced, then I suggest ruby 
forum people be better off to add a FAQ page so that to prevent other 
people from asking the same question again and again, since probably I 
am not the only person who are concerned with the "END".

>"end" is not a test of whether or not Ruby is an attractive language,
It's a not test, but I, or other may have noticed cases (could be more 
potentially) some ruby users' concerns about "END", while relatively 
fewer people complaining about the curly braces.

I will take other's advice and use more and get myself familiar with 
it.Thank you for your time.
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