Feature #12094: parameterized property assignment: o.prop(arg) = 1

• Status: Open
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -

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module Mod

  @foo = {}

  def self.foo(k)
    @foo[k]
  end

  def self.foo=(k, v)
    @foo[k] = v
  end

end

Mod1.foo(:key1) ||= 'val1'

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

This is a longstanding pending feature.

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• Subject changed from parameterized property assignment: o.prop(arg) = 1) to parameterized property assignment: o.prop(arg) = 1

Nobuyoshi Nakada wrote:

This is a longstanding pending feature.

What is its status? Is there an existing issue for it?

[shyouhei (Shyouhei Urabe)]

I met nobu so I asked its status. He told me that this proposed syntax conflicted catastrophically with existing grammars when he tried this last time.

He said he'll try again.