From: Marc-Andre Lafortune <redmine@...>
Date: 2010-03-27T02:59:20+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:29045] [Feature #3021] Array#product should accept a block.

Feature #3021: Array#product should accept a block.
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3021

Author: Marc-Andre Lafortune
Status: Open, Priority: Normal
Category: core, Target version: 1.9.2

Array#permutation and #combination will yield to the given block, or else return an enumerator.

I believe Array#product should have been designed the same way.

Returning an enumerator today would break compatibility though.

I suggest that Array#product(&block) yields to the block and returns self. This maintains compatibility while making it possible to produce an enumerable with my_array.to_enum(:product, ...) or to avoid building an intermediate array.

I could implement this feature in time for code freeze.


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