Feature #20261: Add symbol synonyms for '' and nil for IO method line separator arguments

• Status: Assigned
• Assignee: burdettelamar (Burdette Lamar)
• Target version: -

[burdettelamar (Burdette Lamar)]

[Feature 20261] For IO's line-oriented read methods, there are two special values for the line-separator argument sep; I'm proposing to add (user-friendlier) symbol synonyms for those values:

• :paragraph as synonym for '' (read paragraphs).
• :slurp as synonym for nil (read all).

Details (code, documentation, tests) may be seen at https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/9921.

[burdettelamar (Burdette Lamar)]

• Subject changed from Add symbol alternatives to '' and nil for IO line separators to Add symbol synonyms for '' and nil for IO method line separator arguments

[burdettelamar (Burdette Lamar)]

• Related to Misc #20281: DevMeeting-2024-03-14 added

[burdettelamar (Burdette Lamar)]

• Assignee set to burdettelamar (Burdette Lamar)

Propose to add user-friendly synonyms (symbols) for IO line separator arguments '' (read paragraphs) and nil (read all). New symbol arguments would be :paragraph and :slurp. (I think this use of the term slurp is common in Perl and Python.)

[burdettelamar (Burdette Lamar)]

• Description updated (diff)

[peterzhu2118 (Peter Zhu)]

• Related to deleted (Misc #20281: DevMeeting-2024-03-14)

[mame (Yusuke Endoh)]

Discussed at the dev meeting, and @matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) (Yukihiro Matsumoto) said he wants to take time to consider it. No conclusion is reached.

[hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)]

• Status changed from Open to Assigned