From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) Date: 2003-11-30T00:12:00+09:00 Subject: Re: ruby-dev summary: 21928-22011 Hi, In message "Re: ruby-dev summary: 21928-22011" on 03/11/29, Simon Strandgaard writes: |Matz slide says: |{a: 45, b: 55, c: 65} same as {:a => 45, :b => 55 :c => 65} | |Will it be possible to leave out spaces, |so that {a:45, b:55, c:65} are possible ? Possible. |Leaving out comma, will it be possible? |like this: {a:45 b:55 c:65} Not possible. |What happens if no value are specified ? nil? |For instance 'verbose:' has no value | copy source:"file.in" dest:"file.out" verbose: Not possible. You always have to specify value to the keyword arguments. copy(source:"file.in", dest:"file.out", verbose:true) matz.