From: Joel VanderWerf <joelvanderwerf@...>
Date: 2013-07-10T03:44:59+09:00
Subject: Re: A very half-baked idea: setting local variables

On 07/08/2013 04:14 PM, Matthew Kerwin wrote:
> Hal Fulton wrote in post #1114777:
>>
>> Note that this wouldn't be a method call (like alias_method) but
>> a keyword (like alias) unless "binding of caller" was permitted...
>> which is another thing I've wanted but I suppose will never
>> happen.
...
> My other counter-proposal is: hit enter.  If the line is too long,
> develop a syntactic signature for the pattern.  For example:
>
>      foo, bar, baz, alpha, beta,
>          gamma, fred, bill, joey = *values

Or, taking Matthew's suggestion a bit further:

     foo, bar, baz, alpha, beta,
         gamma, fred, bill, joey,
       = *values

A line beginning with an equals sign is visually conspicuous.