From: Jeremy Henty <jeremy@...>
Date: 2002-07-18T02:48:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Syntax "surprise"

In article <3D358854.2E032977@stud.ntnu.no>, Kent Dahl wrote:

>  ... I'd have to argue against allowing trailing commas in method
> calls (and definitions), on the basis that it could make it easier
> to write methods that take a lot of parameters. 

Much as I love Ruby over Perl, this is one feature of Perl that I
thought was great and I wish Ruby copied it.  It makes it easier
eg. to swap arguments around if you realise the order is wrong.  So in
some ways this feature makes it *easier* to get your code smelling
sweet.

Regards, 

Jeremy Henty