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Dietrich · Apr 14th, 2006, 9:53 AM

Any wxPython (GUI) code in general uses a lot of named arguments. If Ruby does not have named arguments, then that explains why wxRuby code looks sooo different!

I looked at a hash as a workaround, but that has real problems too! It doesn't use the given default values.

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# using a dictionary/hash container, still problems
def funk2(hash1 = {:a => 2, :b => 3}) 
  print "a=#{hash1[:a]}  b=#{hash1[:b]}\n" 
end 

funk2()     # a=2  b=3
funk2(:a=>1)  # a=1  b=  b should be 3 
funk2(:b=>1)  # a=  b=1  a should be 2 
funk2(:a=>12, :b=>13)  # a=12  b=13

Does anybody know how to do this right in Ruby, before the code looks alltogether too homely?

Apr 14th, 2006, 9:53 AM	#20
Dietrich Professional Programmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 434 Rep Power: 4	Any wxPython (GUI) code in general uses a lot of named arguments. If Ruby does not have named arguments, then that explains why wxRuby code looks sooo different! I looked at a hash as a workaround, but that has real problems too! It doesn't use the given default values. (Toggle Plain Text) # using a dictionary/hash container, still problems def funk2(hash1 = {:a => 2, :b => 3}) print "a=#{hash1[:a]} b=#{hash1[:b]}\n" end funk2() # a=2 b=3 funk2(:a=>1) # a=1 b= b should be 3 funk2(:b=>1) # a= b=1 a should be 2 funk2(:a=>12, :b=>13) # a=12 b=13 # using a dictionary/hash container, still problems def funk2(hash1 = {:a => 2, :b => 3}) print "a=#{hash1[:a]} b=#{hash1[:b]}\n" end funk2() # a=2 b=3 funk2(:a=>1) # a=1 b= b should be 3 funk2(:b=>1) # a= b=1 a should be 2 funk2(:a=>12, :b=>13) # a=12 b=13 Does anybody know how to do this right in Ruby, before the code looks alltogether too homely? __________________ I looked it up on the Intergnats! Last edited by Dietrich; Apr 14th, 2006 at 10:07 AM.