[blml] Réf. : played or not?

[ton]

Grattan: 

>> +=+ I suggest you have to go to Law 46B5.
>>        Declarer has indicated a 'play'.
>>        In what he said he did not indicate a rank or suit.
>>        That seems to be what 46B5 says. 

This is an interesting case, which means that I do not have a clear answer. 
I do not join Grattan when he says that in this case no suit was indicated.
When declarer thinks to play in diamonds and asks to ruff he indicates the
diamond suit. How can that be ignored? 

When declarer does play 4 hearts and asks to ruff will anybody ever ask him
with what suit? 

But then he can't ruff so what gets priority? If you say he indicated the
lowest diamond you know what to do. If you say he asked for a card which is
not in dummy, one with trumping quality, so winning the trick that means,
you also know what to do. 
In my opinion the laws do not tell which of those two is the right approach.
And with my personal lenient approach to the game I would have chosen the
second option. This seems something the laws committee should take a stand
in. Unless it already has done so, or somebody comes up with a more
convincing argument. 

I like it, it made my morning start enjoyable, hurray for Belgium.

ton