From: Matthew Kerwin <matthew@...>
Date: 2013-04-03T22:42:00+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:53963] Re: [ruby-trunk - Feature #8191] Short-hand syntax for duck-typing

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On Apr 3, 2013 9:30 PM, "Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas" <rr.rosas@gmail.com>
wrote:
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> Em 03-04-2013 01:10, phluid61 (Matthew Kerwin) escreveu:
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>> Issue #8191 has been updated by phluid61 (Matthew Kerwin).
>>
>> Throwing this out there for discussion: how about a completely different
syntax?
>>
>>   user&&.profile&&.website&&.thumbnail
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> Why not simply user&.profile&.website&.thumbnail?
>

Just because at a glance most of us recognise && as a logical operation and
& as arithmetic.

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<p>On Apr 3, 2013 9:30 PM, &quot;Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas&quot; &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:rr.rosas@gmail.com">rr.rosas@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Em 03-04-2013 01:10, phluid61 (Matthew Kerwin) escreveu:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Issue #8191 has been updated by phluid61 (Matthew Kerwin).<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Throwing this out there for discussion: how about a completely dif=
ferent syntax?<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; =A0 user&amp;&amp;.profile&amp;&amp;.website&amp;&amp;.thumbnail<b=
r>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Why not simply user&amp;.profile&amp;.website&amp;.thumbnail?<br>
&gt;</p>
<p>Just because at a glance most of us recognise &amp;&amp; as a logical op=
eration and &amp; as arithmetic.</p>

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