From: "alexeymuranov (Alexey Muranov)" <redmine@...>
Date: 2012-08-10T21:16:37+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:47110] [ruby-trunk - Feature #6852] [].transpose should behave specially


Issue #6852 has been updated by alexeymuranov (Alexey Muranov).


I think it can be agreed that all of the following represent the same "empty matrix": `[]`, `[[]]`, `[[], [], []]`.  Otherwise they all would need to be treated exceptionally (how the express the transposition of each of them?).  After all, 0 x 3 = 0 x 2 = 3 x 0 = 0 x 0 = 0.
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Feature #6852: [].transpose should behave specially
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6852#change-28760

Author: boris_stitnicky (Boris Stitnicky)
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
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Target version: 


p = [1, 2, 3]
q = [4, 5, 6]
[p, q].transpose
# => [[1, 4], [2, 5], [3, 6]]
As expected, 2 x 3 vector was converted into 3 x 2.

[p].transpose
# => [[1], [2], [3]]
As expected, 1 x 3 => 3 x 1.

[].transpose
# => []
Unexpected, 0 x 3 did not become 3 x 0: [[], [], []]

In other words, when [] is the receiver, transpose has no way to know
what kind of ** 2 dimensional ** object is it - whether 0 x 3, 0 x 4, 0 x 1
or perhaps 0 x 0. #transpose should not assume it is 0 x 0. It should raise,
or warn, or complain, or require argument for this case, in short, it should
behave differently than today.


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