Hi, At Thu, 3 Jun 2004 02:33:44 +0900, Paul Brannan wrote in [ruby-talk:102177]: > But how would (a) work? It seems like it would make the following > ambiguous: > > def foo(foo, bar=2) > end > > foo(:foo => 14, :bar => 92) > > (is this calling foo with a hash and leaving bar with default argument, > or is it calling foo with foo equal to 14 and bar equal to 92?) The former. The latter syntax will be foo(foo: 14, bar: 92) -- Nobu Nakada