Hi -- On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, Paul Brannan wrote: > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 04:01:45AM +0900, Dave Thomas wrote: >> I'm trying to work out if -> has any additional functionality over >> lambda. > > Can a lambda have default argument values? Yes; I believe it's got the full complement of method argument semantics at this point. lambda {|a,b=1,*c,d| ... } etc. David -- Rails training from David A. Black and Ruby Power and Light: Intro to Ruby on Rails January 12-15 Fort Lauderdale, FL Advancing with Rails January 19-22 Fort Lauderdale, FL * * Co-taught with Patrick Ewing! See http://www.rubypal.com for details and updates!