How about new syntax: "object.\method" returns a Method instance?

I'm afraid the normal way of creating a Method instance is circuitous
and a bit hard to write:

    a_method = object.method(:method_name)

I find the way of obtaining a function/method object in Python is so
easy, for example, "str.split()" returns a list, while "str.split"
(without parentheses) returns a method object. However, parenthesis in
Ruby is always optional, so this road is blocked.

Well, how about "object.\method" style? You can type "str.\split" to get
"str.method(:split)".

The reasons are:

1. It makes people happy, writing less code, and no harm to readability.

2. "\" is not a frequently used token. It can only be used in strings,
regexps (or any else?). I think using this token leads to no ambiguity.

3. "\" is like Perl's referrence symbol. In Perl, you can use "$f =
\&func;" to make a referrence to the function. In Ruby, "&" seems
unnecessary.

4. It enhances the consistency of the language syntax. There are two
correlative methods "Object#send" and "Object#method", but...

    str.send(:split)   == str.split
    str.method(:split) ==  ???????

If adding this new syntax, it looks more pretty:

    str.method(:split) == str.\split

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