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04/08/2019

07:17 PM Ruby Misc #15723: Reconsider numbered parameters

Eregon (Benoit Daloze) wrote:
> @sawa Thank you for think link, I missed that issue.
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Even more confusion ahead.
I don't see that this feature adds any benefit besides saving some chars in an ideal case.
On the downside it wil... pascalbetz (Pascal Betz)

03/25/2019

12:12 PM Ruby Misc #15723: Reconsider numbered parameters

shyouhei (Shyouhei Urabe) wrote:
> pascalbetz (Pascal Betz) wrote:
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I know that this feature was not made out of thin air. But out of a 8 year old request that does not show a real benefit (other than "it's a bit shorter").
The h... pascalbetz (Pascal Betz)

03/24/2019

04:19 PM Ruby Misc #15723: Reconsider numbered parameters

matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) wrote:
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A compromise does not sound like something that should be added to the language.
`{@1 * @2}` could easily be written as `{|a, b| a * b}` some chars more, yes. But IMHO more readable. I don... pascalbetz (Pascal Betz)

03/22/2019

06:56 AM Ruby Feature #4475: default variable name for parameter

gkemmey (Gray Kemmey) wrote:
> Is there a reason to do this other than to save some typing? I'm not sure we've proposed any terribly real-world cases here where this made code better.
Exactly my thought: Why? what will this make bett... pascalbetz (Pascal Betz)