From: Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...>
Date: 2007-10-31T22:41:43+09:00
Subject: Re: new Enumerable.butfirst method

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When you do bring it back in, one possible name would be
each_except_first(2)
Just my $0.02

On 10/31/07, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Oct 30, 2007 8:17 PM, Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@ruby-lang.org> wrote:
>
> > I just changed with-block form of #take and #drop to #take_while and
> > #drop_while respectively.  After those change figure becomes
> >
> > Method         block             with block         without block
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> > first         not allowed     not allowed          returns array
> > take          not allowed     not allowed          returns array
> > drop          not allowed     not allowed          returns array
> > take_while    selects         returns array        not allowed
> > drop_while    selects         returns array        not allowed
> > grep          iterates        returns array        returns array
> > select        selects         returns array        returns enumerator
> > find          selects         returns element      returns enumerator
> >
> > so that inconsistency reduced much (with exception of #grep).
>
> How is that less confusing?
>
> T.
>
>


-- 
-Roger Pack
I like belief. http://www.google.com/search?q=free+bible

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When you do bring it back in, one possible name would be<br>each_except_first(2)<br>Just my $0.02<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/31/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Trans</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:transfire@gmail.com">
transfire@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Oct 30, 2007 8:17 PM, Yukihiro Matsumoto &lt;<a href="mailto:matz@ruby-lang.org">
matz@ruby-lang.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br>&gt; I just changed with-block form of #take and #drop to #take_while and<br>&gt; #drop_while respectively.&nbsp;&nbsp;After those change figure becomes<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Method&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; block&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; with block&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; without block
<br>&gt; -------------------------------------------------------------------<br>&gt; first&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; not allowed&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; not allowed&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;returns array<br>&gt; take&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;not allowed&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; not allowed&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;returns array
<br>&gt; drop&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;not allowed&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; not allowed&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;returns array<br>&gt; take_while&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;selects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; returns array&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;not allowed<br>&gt; drop_while&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;selects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; returns array&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;not allowed<br>&gt; grep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;iterates&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;returns array&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;returns array
<br>&gt; select&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;selects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; returns array&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;returns enumerator<br>&gt; find&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;selects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; returns element&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;returns enumerator<br>&gt;<br>&gt; so that inconsistency reduced much (with exception of #grep).
<br><br>How is that less confusing?<br><br>T.<br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>-Roger Pack<br>I like belief. <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=free+bible">http://www.google.com/search?q=free+bible
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