My thought on improving Ruby construct end syntax.

gistfile1.rb

# I have now programmed in a lot of languages, and one thing I can say for sure 
#   is that shell scripting does construct end styles very well.

#
# Example from http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/5054
#
# This is indeed also one of my few personal issues with Ruby syntax, the end trail.
#
module MyModule
  class MyClass
    def my_method
      10.times do
        if rand < 0.5 
          p :small
        end 
      end 
    end 
  end 
end

# For longer codebases, this lets you more clearly know where you stand and
#   what is being ended.
module MyModule
  class MyClass
    def my_method
      10.times do
        if rand < 0.5
          p :small
        fi
      od
    fed
  ssalc
eludom

# And allow for shortened forms,
module MyModule
  class MyClass
    def my_method
      10.times do
        if rand < 0.5
          p :small
        fi
      od
    ed #'end def'
  ec # 'end class'
em # 'end module'

# es => 'end case'

#
# I *am* ok with this also :)
# 
module MyModule
  class MyClass
    def my_method
      10.times do
        if rand < 0.5
          p :small


# Suggested by @elliottcable:
module MyModule {
  class MyClass {
    def my_method {
      10.times { # This one already works ;)
        if rand < 0.5 {
          p :small
        } 
      } 
    } 
  } 
}

Hah. Yes, we had a long discussion about using Unicode box-drawing characters to denote blocks early-on in the development of Paws; I think we’ll have at least one patois playing with things like that in the long run.

Er, what do you mean tabs? I haven’t used a hard-tab in a fuckin’ decade! In fact, despite the shitstorm it abused, my language downright doesn’t allow hardtabs instead. #ew

This gist provides quite a lot of food-for-thought as a developer of a nascent programming language.

Now, that said, PLEASE STOP STUFFING MY INBOX WITH NOTIFICATIONS ;_;

@ELLIOTTCABLE I dont believe there is currently a way to 'unsubscribe' from a gist notification feed?

No, there’s not. And that’s the point of my all-caps request. ;D

HELLO GUYS HOW ARE YOU?