On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 3:10 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Just noticed another syntax complaint:
>>
>> _label "Contributor's Name:", for: 'iclaname'
>
> Again, that's syntax that has been supported since Ruby 1.9.
>
>> The colon after for is flagged as unexpected.
By the way, another workaround might be to use 1.8.7 syntax:
_label "Contributor's Name:", :for => 'iclaname'
>> The other main complaint is about:
>>
>> onClick: -> {@form = ICLA}
An equivalent, and Ruby 1.8.7 compatible, form:
onClick: lambda {@form = ICLA}
> And, again, syntax that was introduced in Ruby 1.9
>
> It looks like Eclipse is stuck in 1.8.7, which was retired in
> https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/06/30/we-retire-1-8-7/, but
> still in active use.
>
> For those familiar with Python, the transition from Ruby 1.8.x to Ruby
> 1.9.x mirrors the transition from Python 2 to Python 3 (particularly
> in terms of Unicode support), just that the Ruby language transition
> was more backwards compatible, and therefore less traumatic.
>
> - Sam Ruby
>
>> On 28 March 2016 at 19:54, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 28 March 2016 at 19:47, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 2:06 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> The class: attribute is frequently used in Wunderbar HTML tags.
>>>>
>>>> Indeed.
>>>>
>>>>> This causes problems for Ruby syntax checkers.
>>>>
>>>> I'd be curious as to which ones, as that would indicate a syntax
>>>> checker that hasn't been updated since Ruby 1.9 was release in 2007.
>>>
>>> I use the one in Eclipse.
>>>
>>>>> It would be useful if there was an alias that could be used instead.
>>>>> Since it appears frequently, it might be nice to allow c:
>>>>> Alternatively, clazz: would do.
>>>>
>>>> First, wunderbar does support an alternative, but only for class names
>>>> known at compile time: element class and id syntax adopted by markaby,
>>>> example:
>>>>
>>>> _p.important
>>>
>>> Does that work with tag! ?
>>>
>>> e.g. would this work?
>>>
>>> tag!._stdin
>>>
>>>> Second, as HTML is case insensitive, both Class and CLASS should also
>>>> work.
>>>
>>> Using Class: avoids the error, so that would work for me.
>>>
>>>> As I feel that it is important for code to be read as written,
>>>> I would prefer to avoid things like 'c', or perhaps even 'clazz' as
>>>> those could be valid attribute names. If an alternative is required,
>>>> I would prefer to go with _class.
>>>>
>>>> - Sam Ruby
