feature request: Make watch() matches behave like a regexp results
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Description
Currently, the watch() block passes an array, not a regexp result, e.g.:
watch(/f(oo)/) { |m| "#{m[1]}" }
works, but the following doesn't:
watch(/f(?<name>oo)/) { |m| "#{m[:name]}" }
Reason: guard template rules could become more readable and robust
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Research direction
Start by tracing the Ruby implementation of watch() and how regexp matches are passed into the block; no specific file or test is named in the issue. Done means named captures such as m[:name] work while the existing positional capture behavior remains supported.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- ruby
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100