From: nobu@... Date: 2019-10-26T07:17:10+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:95561] [Ruby master Feature#16275] Revert `.:` syntax Issue #16275 has been updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada). zverok (Victor Shepelev) wrote: > OK, with several core team members agreeing on this (and even PR prepared), I believe this is already a lost cause, but I'd still like to put some perspective here, if just for reference and future discussion. Just to be clear, that I had written the patch doesn't mean that I'm favor in the removal. ---------------------------------------- Feature #16275: Revert `.:` syntax https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16275#change-82339 * Author: naruse (Yui NARUSE) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: * Target version: ---------------------------------------- `obj.:method` is introduced at r66667 by #12125 and #13581. It encourages the functional programming style in Ruby. But this shorthand syntax is just for methods of `self` without arguments. It causes another feature requests like #16273 (and lambda compositions like #15428). Such features will introduce a new view of Ruby but no one illustrates the whole picture yet. I worried about such patch work may cause a conflict with future expansion of functional programing style or a just a garbage feature. `.:` syntax is introduced in 2.7.0 preview1, not released in production yet. How about reverting at this time and re-introduce with a big picture. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: