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03/15/2016

07:56 PM Ruby Feature #12125: Proposal: Shorthand operator for Object#method

Yusuke Endoh wrote:
> Nobuyoshi Nakada wrote:
> ...
The tetris-operator `.:` makes sense to me, but in respect to `:::` I don't think we should allow "alternative" operators to do the same thing.
Papierkorb (Stefan Merettig)

02/29/2016

02:14 PM Ruby Feature #12125: Proposal: Shorthand operator for Object#method

Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> but I don't think `->` is a good idea.
Other options I can think of are:
* Using `.>`: `the_object.>a_method` While its look is nearer to a normal method call (Which I think is a plus), I fear that the... Papierkorb (Stefan Merettig)

02/28/2016

09:43 PM Ruby Feature #12125: Proposal: Shorthand operator for Object#method

> The & operator lets one pass a #call-able object as block.
I meant `#to_proc`-able objects, sorry for the confusion. Papierkorb (Stefan Merettig)

09:39 PM Ruby Feature #12125 (Open): Proposal: Shorthand operator for Object#method

Hello,
The `&` operator lets one pass a `#call`-able object as block.
Really useful feature, but at the moment, if you want to pass a `Method` this way the syntax is not really concise:
```ruby
Dir["*/*.c"].map(&File.method(:ba... Papierkorb (Stefan Merettig)