From: James Coglan <jcoglan@...>
Date: 2008-12-08T23:08:15+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:20424] Re: Array#to_proc

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> This might make sense for an Array of Symbols. But i've also seen use of
> this
> in other interpretations, like for chaining Arrays of procs. Other uses
> could be
> imagined.


Quite. I've seen other uses that treat the first element as a method name,
and the remaining elements as arguments to the method. There's too much
potential ambiguity in this to warrant its addition to the language.

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<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">This might make sense for an Array of Symbols. But i&#39;ve also seen use of this<br>

in other interpretations, like for chaining Arrays of procs. Other uses could be<br>
imagined.</blockquote><div><br>Quite. I&#39;ve seen other uses that treat the first element as a method name, and the remaining elements as arguments to the method. There&#39;s too much potential ambiguity in this to warrant its addition to the language. <br>
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