[#98645] [Ruby master Misc#16933] DevelopersMeeting20200618Japan — mame@...

Issue #16933 has been reported by mame (Yusuke Endoh).

14 messages 2020/06/04

[#98663] [Ruby master Bug#16936] `make check TESTS="-n !/Foo#method/"` not skipping the test case — jaruga@...

Issue #16936 has been reported by jaruga (Jun Aruga).

13 messages 2020/06/05

[#98772] [Ruby master Bug#16959] Weakmap has specs and third-party usage despite being a private API — headius@...

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13 messages 2020/06/12

[#98826] [Ruby master Feature#16963] Remove English.rb from Ruby 2.8/3.0 — hsbt@...

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9 messages 2020/06/16

[#98920] [Ruby master Bug#16978] Ruby should not use realpath for __FILE__ — v.ondruch@...

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24 messages 2020/06/23

[#98947] [Ruby master Feature#16986] Anonymous Struct literal — ko1@...

Issue #16986 has been reported by ko1 (Koichi Sasada).

66 messages 2020/06/26

[#98964] [Ruby master Feature#16989] Sets: need ♥️ — marcandre-ruby-core@...

Issue #16989 has been reported by marcandre (Marc-Andre Lafortune).

33 messages 2020/06/26

[#98965] [Ruby master Feature#16990] Sets: operators compatibility with Array — marcandre-ruby-core@...

Issue #16990 has been reported by marcandre (Marc-Andre Lafortune).

11 messages 2020/06/26

[#98968] [Ruby master Feature#16993] Sets: from hash keys using Hash#key_set — marcandre-ruby-core@...

Issue #16993 has been reported by marcandre (Marc-Andre Lafortune).

10 messages 2020/06/26

[#98997] [Ruby master Feature#17000] 2.7.2 turns off deprecation warnings by deafult — mame@...

Issue #17000 has been reported by mame (Yusuke Endoh).

16 messages 2020/06/30

[ruby-core:98941] [Ruby master Feature#16746] Endless method definition

From: eregontp@...
Date: 2020-06-25 21:36:37 UTC
List: ruby-core #98941
Issue #16746 has been updated by Eregon (Benoit Daloze).


Noteworthy is the current syntax in trunk is `def name(*args) = expr` (and not `def: name`), so there is *no* visual cue that this is a endless method definition except the `=` which comes very late.
I agree with @marcandre, I think it makes code just less readable and harder to maintain.

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Feature #16746: Endless method definition
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16746#change-86315

* Author: mame (Yusuke Endoh)
* Status: Closed
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)
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Ruby syntax is full of "end"s.  I'm paranoid that the ends end Ruby.  I hope Ruby is endless.

So, I'd like to propose a new method definition syntax.

```ruby
def: value(args) = expression
```

As you see, there is no "end".

Examples.

```ruby
def: hello(name) =
  puts("Hello, #{ name }")

hello("endless Ruby") #=> Hello, endless Ruby
```

```ruby
def: inc(x) = x + 1

p inc(42) #=> 43
```

```ruby
x = Object.new

def: x.foo = "FOO"

p x.foo #=> "FOO"
```

```ruby
def: fib(x) =
  x < 2 ? x : fib(x-1) + fib(x-2)

p fib(10) #=> 55
```

Limitations.

* `def: foo x = x` is invalid; the parentheses for formal arguments are mandatory.
* `private def: foo = x` is invalid; this method definition cannot be an method argument.

A patch is attached.  No conflicts.

---Files--------------------------------
endless-method-definition.patch (2.47 KB)


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