From: Roger Pack Date: 2009-12-23T05:12:11+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:27292] Re: select! >> elements. �But I once felt same way to map! and (English speaking) >> people persuaded me, so same thing could happen on select! as well. > > Array#prune is probably a better verb than #select!. #prune implies changing the receiver into something by picking out what you want. I like prune, but shouldn't it be a synonym for reject? [1,2,3].prune{|b| b < 3} => [3] or is it perhaps too ambiguous? -r