From: "matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)" Date: 2013-05-30T03:40:15+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:55202] [ruby-trunk - Bug #8457][Closed] Function arguments: Is this intended? Issue #8457 has been updated by matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto). Status changed from Open to Closed I admit there's a bug which Matthew mentioned, but it's not described in the OP. Do you mind if I close this, and ask you to resubmit as a new bug report for the record. Matz. ---------------------------------------- Bug #8457: Function arguments: Is this intended? https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/8457#change-39562 Author: boris_stitnicky (Boris Stitnicky) Status: Closed Priority: Normal Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) Category: core Target version: ruby -v: 2.0.0 Backport: 1.9.3: UNKNOWN, 2.0.0: UNKNOWN a = [1, 2, x: 3] a.tap { |*p, q| a.clear.concat p } #=> [1, 2] but a = [1, 2, x: 3] a.tap { |*p, **q| a.clear.concat p } #=> [[...]] and also a = [1, 2] a.tap { |*p| a.clear.concat p } #=> [[...]] ??? -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/