[#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:18155] Re: New array methods cycle, choice, shuffle (plus bug in cycle)

From: Dave Thomas <dave@...>
Date: 2008-08-07 01:42:17 UTC
List: ruby-core #18155
On Aug 6, 2008, at 6:56 PM, Joel VanderWerf wrote:

>> source = original.shuffle
>> and then pop, unshift, or take(n). Do we really need a separate API  
>> for this?
>
> But #shuffle cannot be COW, so that is potentially very inefficient  
> (also why shuffle eveything just to get one random entry?).

Th OP wanted to remove a random elements from an array, n at a time,  
until the array was exhausted...

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