Feature #11758: Add keyword assignment syntax

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
• Target version: -

[elia (Elia Schito)]

I think keyword assignments would be a useful addition, especially since the introduction of keyword arguments

The basic example would be, and is expected to work like required keyword arguments:

a:, b: = {a: 1, b: 2}

A useful use case is returning keywords instead of multiple values making the values position independent:

def foo
  return a: 1, b: 2
end

a:, b: = foo

puts a # => 1
puts b # => 2

[ko1 (Koichi Sasada)]

• Assignee set to matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)

discuss for 2.4 and later

[josh.cheek (Josh Cheek)]

I keep trying to do this, too, and being surprised when it doesn't work.

[jeremyevans0 (Jeremy Evans)]

• Status changed from Open to Closed