From: Eero Saynatkari <ruby-ml@...>
Date: 2009-02-02T20:56:42+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:21745] Re: [Feature #1084](Closed) request for: Array#sort_by!

Excerpts from Kornelius Kalnbach's message of Mon Feb 02 13:32:33 +0200 2009:
> Eero Saynatkari wrote:
> > This seems to break expectations for Enumerable, since the
> > method cannot be reasonably supported there (and #sort_by
> > is still defined in Enumerable, as I understand it.) If it
> > is to remain, I think this should be specifically noted in
> > the documentation. Additionally, static as the Enumerable
> > inclusion may be, definining a method that depends on a
> > mixin seems a bit awkward: perhaps Array should define its
> > own #sort_by?
>
> matz only added Array#sort_by!.

Exactly why I am asking :)


Eero

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