On 23 January 2016 at 16:12, stepharo <stepharo@free.fr> wrote:

If you have
�� mother1 := foo:(bar:zork:fork)
�� mother2 := foo:bar:(zork:bork:)

I'm not sure that this is allows in the same class. We should check that in Python or ruby.

In Ruby:

def m(x=42, y=51)

�� calling m(3) gets x=3, y=51 (the given arguments are passed into the leftmost parameters first)

def m(options) ��

�� calling m( { x: 3, y: 4 } ) or m( x: 3, y: 4 ) gets options = { x: 3, y: 4 }

So, a dictionary magically created because you passed something that either was already a dictionary, or used the syntax of dictionary key/value pairs. If you need default values for known keys, you take a default dictionary and override its contents using��http://www.rubydoc.info/stdlib/core/Hash%3Aupdate

In Python I think it's more like the first Ruby alternative, except arguments can be named (so those bypass the left-to-right assignment order)

Damien Pollet
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