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Feature #11758

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Add keyword assignment syntax

Added by elia (Elia Schito) over 8 years ago. Updated over 2 years ago.

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Closed
Target version:
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[ruby-core:71781]

Description

I think keyword assignments would be a useful addition, especially since the introduction of keyword arguments

The basic example would be, and is expected to work like required keyword arguments:

a:, b: = {a: 1, b: 2}

A useful use case is returning keywords instead of multiple values making the values position independent:

def foo
  return a: 1, b: 2
end

a:, b: = foo

puts a # => 1
puts b # => 2

Updated by ko1 (Koichi Sasada) over 8 years ago

  • Assignee set to matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)

discuss for 2.4 and later

Updated by josh.cheek (Josh Cheek) about 8 years ago

I keep trying to do this, too, and being surprised when it doesn't work.

Actions #3

Updated by jeremyevans0 (Jeremy Evans) over 2 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Closed
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