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05/23/2018

09:47 AM Ruby Feature #13581: Syntax sugar for method reference

Matz, could you give your thoughts on obj::method (with lowercase on right side) syntax?
AFAICT it's synonym to obj.method?
Does anybody use :: for method calls in practice?
I understand breaking compatibility can't be justified her... cben (Beni Cherniavsky-Paskin)

02/12/2018

11:54 PM Ruby Feature #13581: Syntax sugar for method reference

A non-syntax idea: could `Math.method.sqrt` look significantly nicer than `Math.method(:sqrt)`?
That is, .method without args would return a magic object that for any message returns the bound method of that name.
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[1, 4, 9].... cben (Beni Cherniavsky-Paskin)

05/14/2017

11:51 AM Ruby Feature #10674: Net::HTTP retries idempotent requests once after a timeout, but its not configurable

Can confirm on 2.4.1.
The responsible code is here: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/v2_4_1/lib/net/http.rb#L1468
I'm thinking of making a simple patch adding a boolean "#retry=". Application or higher-level gems can then implement a... cben (Beni Cherniavsky-Paskin)