From: Tanaka Akira <akr@...>
Date: 2009-12-21T15:06:11+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:27259] Re: [Bug #2422] splat operator fails on array of 1 	element

2009/12/21 katz bo <redmine@ruby-lang.org>:
>
> I personally think *[1, 2, 3] should be always unpacked first.
>
> a = *[1, 2, 3] #(unpack Array due to *) should be equal to:
> a = 1, 2, 3    #(as Ruby is very smart) is equal to: (this is really the tricky part)
> *a = 1, 2, 3   #which packs 1, 2, 3 into Array a. Hence is equal to
> a = [1, 2, 3]
>
> a = *[1] #(unpack Array due to *) should be equal to:
> a = 1    #(again, Ruby is smart it won't read this as *a = 1)

Your way cannot interpret a = *[].

a = *[]
a =

It is not a valid Ruby statement.
-- 
Tanaka Akira