From: Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...>
Date: 2008-11-13T06:36:15+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:19898] Re: Proposal: Method#get_args

Austin Ziegler wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Charles Oliver Nutter
> <charles.nutter@sun.com> wrote:
>> Austin Ziegler wrote:
>>> I can see that, perhaps -- although I don't see what it gives us over an
>>> array of hash values (except perhaps being lighter weight because of the
>>> lack of names in the listed items).
>> Representationally I'd say it's a wash...using hashes would not really add
>> anything nor subtract anything as far as I can say. In memory, however,
>> hashes are significantly more costly than a small array. I'd be interested
>> to see your idea of a hashified version, but I think the pure array approach
>> is going to be the lightest way by far.
> 
> [ruby-core:19779]

Righto...yep, I see where you're coming from, but I don't think it gains 
much other than the ability to look up by name rather than by position. 
And it's certain to be a lot heavier than just arrays, though the 
"weight" of a structure that's hopefully used only rarely probably isn't 
a huge deal.

- Charlie