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Re:Ruby 2.1.0 preview1 released by regularfry on Monday September 23, 2013 @06:19AM (#6429889)
Matz has said we're getting them, so we're getting them.
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Re:Ruby 2.1.0 preview1 released by saurabhnanda on Monday September 23, 2013 @10:55AM (#6431359)
Sure, he's the benevolent dictator (and the creator of language, itself), but he would've explained himself somewhere. About the benefits of refinements and how to deal with the downsides. Any links?
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Re:Ruby 2.1.0 preview1 released by regularfry on Monday September 23, 2013 @08:07PM (#6434983)
If you've got the patience, https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/4085#note-95 is the ruby-core discussion. It really does boil down to "Matz says so."
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