Re: Keyword arguments with symbol as default value

Can't you just put the symbol directly in the method definition?

$ irb
irb(main):001:0> def foo bar: :baz
irb(main):002:1> puts bar
irb(main):003:1> end
=> :foo
irb(main):004:0> foo
baz
=> nil



On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 12:52 PM RRRoy BBBean <[email protected]> wrote:

> I need to use a Ruby symbol as the default value for an argument, but I
> also want to use keyword arguments,  because they are so neat.
>
> I found that wrapping the symbol in in parenthesis or using a constant
> to refer to the symbol works.
>
> Is there a better way to do this with Ruby 2.6+ (and still have a symbol
> as the default value)?
>
> def mymethod myarg:(:mydefaultsymbol)
>
>      p myarg
>
> end
>
> # or
>
> DEFAULT_MYVALUE = :mydefaultsymbol
>
> def mymethod myarg:DEFAULT_MYVALUE
>
>      p myarg
>
> end
>
> # where, in either case, mymethod # outputs :mydefaultsymbol
>
>
>
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