[#18121] [Ruby 1.8.7 - Bug #405] (Open) ssl.rb:31: [BUG] Bus Error — Anonymous <redmine@...>

Issue #405 has been reported by Anonymous.

14 messages 2008/08/04

[#18130] Re: New array methods cycle, choice, shuffle (plus bug in cycle) — Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>

> Seriously though... Array.first is a noun.

10 messages 2008/08/05

[#18319] NEW Command: absolute_path() -- — "C.E. Thornton" <admin@...>

Core,

14 messages 2008/08/16
[#18321] Re: NEW Command: absolute_path() -- — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...> 2008/08/18

Hi,

[#18381] [Bug #496] DRb.start_service(nil) is very slow — Hongli Lai <redmine@...>

Bug #496: DRb.start_service(nil) is very slow

11 messages 2008/08/25

[ruby-core:18104] Re: New array methods cycle, choice, shuffle (plus bug in cycle)

From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2008-08-03 16:37:11 UTC
List: ruby-core #18104
Hi,

In message "Re: [ruby-core:18074] Re: New array methods cycle, choice, shuffle (plus bug in cycle)"
    on Sat, 2 Aug 2008 06:43:56 +0900, David Flanagan <david@davidflanagan.com> writes:

|If we agree that there is a use-case for adding #sample to the API, then
|I would also argue again for #sample! which removes the sampled elements 
|from the array.  There is no way to write #sample! based on #sample and 
|I'd imagine that it would be usefule.

I am against #sample!, because

 * #sample! is not the receiver modifying version of #sample.
 * the intention can be expressed much better by applying #shuffle first,
   then retrieving some elements from the randomized array.

							matz.

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