From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2003-09-07T19:05:57+09:00
Subject: Re: proposal for a named parameter prefix

Hi,

At Sun, 7 Sep 2003 04:13:18 +0900,
Jeff Mitchell wrote:
> I propose:
> 
> def foo4(*array,%params,&block)
>   array.each do |a|
>     # ...
>   end
>   params.each do |key, value|
>     # ...
>   end
>   @callback = block
> end
> 
> from above,
> 
> def foo3(%what_is_this)
>   # ...
> end
> 
> Aha there's a percent sign so we know it's a hash.

Why does a percent sign mean a hash?

> To summerize, "%" gets us two things
> 
>   (1) a nice signal to let everyone know a named parameter hash is
>       there
> 
>   (2) the ability to mix variable-length arguments with named
>       parameters (in a nice way)

IIRC, matz has thought ** for it.

-- 
Nobu Nakada