From: Kent Dahl <kentda@...>
Date: 2002-10-04T16:47:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Specifying local and external block parameters (that old chestnut)

Mauricio Fern�ndez wrote:
> I hereby claim authorship of any syntax derived from the use of
> the ':' prefix to indicate the scope of block parameters, based on
> [ruby-talk:52401]. All rights reserved.

Request denied. Previous work proves to be quite similar. Plagarist!
[ruby-talk:5555]

> :-)

Please refrain from using : in smilies, as authorship has been contested
and await legal decision on the matter. 

;-P

> I'd head towards ':'. Reason: less typing.
> Plus we're used to having '@' and '@@' to indicate scope (kinda), so it
> just makes sense for me.

I like it too, but aparently Matz doesn't. [ruby-talk:42295]

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