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    <p>A pseudo-regex for parameter lists in Ruby (this applies equally to methods, blocks and lambda literals) is something like this:</p> <pre><code>mand* opt* splat? mand* (mand_kw | opt_kw)* ksplat? block? </code></pre> <p>Here's an example:</p> <pre><code>def foo(m1, m2, o1=:o1, o2=:o2, *splat, m3, m4, ok1: :ok1, mk1:, mk2:, ok2: :ok2, **ksplat, &amp;blk) Hash[local_variables.map {|var| [var, eval(var.to_s)] }] end method(:foo).arity # =&gt; -5 method(:foo).parameters # =&gt; [[:req, :m1], [:req, :m2], [:opt, :o1], [:opt, :o2], [:rest, :splat], # [:req, :m3], [:req, :m4], [:keyreq, :mk1], [:keyreq, :mk2], # [:key, :ok1], [:key, :ok2], [:keyrest, :ksplat], [:block, :blk]] foo(1, 2, 3, 4) # ArgumentError: missing keywords: mk1, mk2 foo(1, 2, 3, mk1: 4, mk2: 5) # ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (3 for 4+) foo(1, 2, 3, 4, mk1: 5, mk2: 6) # =&gt; { m1: 1, m2: 2, o1: :o1, o2: :o2, splat: [], m3: 3, m4: 4, # ok1: :ok1, mk1: 5, mk2: 6, ok2: :ok2, ksplat: {}, # blk: nil } foo(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, mk1: 6, mk2: 7) # =&gt; { m1: 1, m2: 2, o1: 3, o2: :o2, splat: [], m3: 4, m4: 5, # ok1: :ok1, mk1: 6, mk2: 7, ok2: :ok2, ksplat: {}, # blk: nil } foo(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, mk1: 7, mk2: 8) # =&gt; { m1: 1, m2: 2, o1: 3, o2: 4, splat: [], m3: 5, m4: 6, # ok1: :ok1, mk1: 7, mk2: 8, ok2: :ok2, ksplat: {}, # blk: nil } foo(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, mk1: 8, mk2: 9) # =&gt; { m1: 1, m2: 2, o1: 3, o2: 4, splat: [5], m3: 6, m4: 7, # ok1: :ok1, mk1: 8, mk2: 9, ok2: :ok2, ksplat: {}, # blk: nil } foo(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, mk1: 9, mk2: 10) # =&gt; { m1: 1, m2: 2, o1: 3, o2: 4, splat: [5, 6], m3: 7, m4: 8, # ok1: :ok1, mk1: 9, mk2: 10, ok2: :ok2, ksplat: {}, # blk: nil } foo(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, ok1: 9, mk1: 10, mk2: 11) # =&gt; { m1: 1, m2: 2, o1: 3, o2: 4, splat: [5, 6], m3: 7, m4: 8, # ok1: 9, mk1: 10, mk2: 11, ok2: :ok2, ksplat: {}, # blk: nil } foo(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, ok1: 9, mk1: 10, mk2: 11, ok2: 12) # =&gt; { m1: 1, m2: 2, o1: 3, o2: 4, splat: [5, 6], m3: 7, m4: 8, # ok1: 9, mk1: 10, mk2: 11, ok2: 12, ksplat: {}, # blk: nil } foo(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, ok1: 9, mk1: 10, mk2: 11, ok2: 12, k3: 13) # =&gt; { m1: 1, m2: 2, o1: 3, o2: 4, splat: [5, 6], m3: 7, m4: 8, # ok1: 9, mk1: 10, mk2: 11, ok2: 12, ksplat: {k3: 13}, # blk: nil } foo(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, ok1: 9, mk1: 10, mk2: 11, ok2: 12, k3: 13, k4: 14) # =&gt; { m1: 1, m2: 2, o1: 3, o2: 4, splat: [5, 6], m3: 7, m4: 8, # ok1: 9, mk1: 10, mk2: 11, ok2: 12, ksplat: {k3: 13, k4: 14}, # blk: nil } foo(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, ok1: 9, ok2: 10, mk1: 11, mk2: 12, k3: 13, k4: 14) do 15 end # =&gt; { m1: 1, m2: 2, o1: 3, o2: 4, splat: [5, 6], m3: 7, m4: 8, # ok1: 9, mk1: 10, mk2: 11, ok2: 12, ksplat: {k3: 13, k4: 14}, # blk: #&lt;Proc:0xdeadbeefc00l42@(irb):15&gt; } </code></pre> <p>[Note: mandatory keyword arguments will be introduced in Ruby 2.1, all the rest already works.]</p>
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