From: Mike Stok <mike@...>
Date: 2002-05-02T07:10:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Auto-quoting simple hash keys?

In article <7DC1217518FCD311A08A0050DA78574003C6B464@iamspems04.interprise.com>
Berger, Daniel wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> What would people think of auto-quoting simple hash keys in Ruby (ala Perl)?
> 
> i.e. hash[key] would be equivalent to hash['key']
> 
> Assuming this is possible (Matz), is it something people would be interested
> in?

That's one of the few things in perl which really makes me grind my teeth, so
I'd rather see it left alone.


Just $0.02 from a perl booster...

Mike

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