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A crazy idea
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| # Reclaim Ruby's global variable syntax for type annotations! | |
| # This could be done with a transpiler similar to TypeScript | |
| def hello($String who) | |
| puts "Hello, #{who}" | |
| end | |
| hello("world!") |
+1 to types and +1 to using whitespace to kill "end; end; end"
Ruby and whitespace isn't enough of a problem for significant whitespace not to be added in pronto.
@peterc This solves the whole 'end; end; end; end' problem: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/5054
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I like this. (Despite having one "app" that uses global variables quite heavily - oh the shame, the shame..)
I think Ruby is quite ripe for having some sort of TypeScript-esque transpiler for a variety of things. One of my choices would be supporting significant whitespace to kill all the "end; end; end; end" stuff.