Issue #9047 has been updated by mohawkjohn (John Woods). =begin This may or may not be related, but we here at NMatrix (part of SciRuby) would love to be able to index ranges in NMatrix using a 1:3 notation. This can be accomplished with a hash, but only if it will allow numeric (rather than symbolic keys) before the colon. Currently we have to type: (({n[1=>3, 2=>4]})) or use the .../.. notation, but we would prefer (({n[1:3,2:4]})) =end ---------------------------------------- Feature #9047: Alternate hash key syntax for symbols https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9047#change-42577 Author: jamonholmgren (Jamon Holmgren) Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: =begin In Ruby, if you can create a symbol with ((|:"symbolname"|)), it seems consistent to allow moving the colon to the right side in a hash and dropping the hash rocket (=>). { :str => "v", # symbol str: "v", # symbol :"str" => "v", # symbol "str": "v", # should also be a symbol } It would look like this: h = { "mykey": "value", "otherkey": "othervalue", regular_symbol: "value" } String and other non-symbol keys would retain the hash rocket syntax to avoid ambiguity. { "string" => "v", MyObj.new => "v", @my_var => "v" } Thoughts? =end -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/