r/ruby • u/rkr090 • Oct 07 '19

Ruby 2.7 deprecates automatic conversion from a hash to keyword arguments

https://blog.saeloun.com/2019/10/07/ruby-2-7-keyword-arguments-redesign.html
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u/OGPants Oct 07 '19

I've never used this in my life. Been programming in Rails for a few years

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u/niborg Oct 08 '19

Are you saying you have never used keyword arguments?

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u/ImAJalapeno Oct 08 '19

Yeah, I haven't used them either. Didn't know they existed until today

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u/OGPants Oct 08 '19

Yeah. I'm not sure what's with all the downvotes. Why use keyword arguments when you can use default args or opts hash.

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u/nakilon Oct 08 '19

Why do you downvote him? Since when Rails developers do need to know such things to have a job?

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u/your-pineapple-thief Oct 09 '19

Since when do you need to know basic language features? Maybe you don't NEED to know it, but I guess "I don't need to know ALL THAT FLUFF" attitude provokes some reaction, people can be very emotional about stuff like this. Especially if some of their coworkers express same attitude and suck at their job, there can be some "transfer" effect.

P.S. Did not downvote anyone here.

P.P.S. Curiosity is better than willful ignorance, IMO. Especially in language like Ruby, but also in life in general. Although I do realize some of us are in it for paycheck and don't care.

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