#47: Cannot pass a :symbol directly as a named parameter ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: cremes@mac.com | Owner: lsansonetti@apple.com Type: defect | Status: new Priority: minor | Milestone: MacRuby 0.2 Component: MacRuby | Keywords: symbol named keyed parameter ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Here's an example to illustrate. Code was tested against the "testing" branch from 20080405. class A def initialize @h = {} end def setValue(val, forKey:key) @h[key] = val end end a = A.new a.setValue("triple", forKey::three) # fails a.setValue("triple", forKey: :three) # succeeds three = :three a.setValue("triple", forKey:three) # succeeds a.setValue("triple", forKey:'three'.to_sym) # succeeds When using the #:: syntax the parser mistakenly views it as an attempt to access the method #forKey on Object. At minimum it should probably throw a more useful error message and perhaps suggest adding a space between colons. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/ruby/ticket/47> ruby <http://ruby.macosforge.org/>