From: Matthew Kerwin <matthew@...>
Date: 2015-03-05T06:57:04+10:00
Subject: [ruby-core:68414] Re: [Ruby trunk - Feature #10930] Allow splat operator to work for string interpolation

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On 4 March 2015 at 14:01, <6ftdan@gmail.com> wrote:

> Issue #10930 has been updated by Daniel P. Clark.
>
>
> The behavior of the splat operator as used in methods is like removing [ =
]
> from and array to use as parameters.
>
> So intuitively it would make sense that it would remove them for
> interpolation from a string.
>
>
S
=E2=80=8Bo are you also requesting that  "#{1, 2, 3}" be considered valid? =
Because
that's how I would interpret  "#{*[1,2,3]}"  if I saw it in code.

I'm strongly opposed to it ever arbitrarily injecting commas, especially
since Array#to_s joins without any delimiter.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,=
serif;color:#073763"><span style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(=
34,34,34)">On 4 March 2015 at 14:01,  </span><span dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"fon=
t-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:6ftdan=
@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">6ftdan@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><span style=3D=
"font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> wrote:</span><br></div>=
<div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"=
gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-=
left:1ex">Issue #10930 has been updated by Daniel P. Clark.<br>
<br>
<br>
The behavior of the splat operator as used in methods is like removing [ ] =
from and array to use as parameters.<br>
<br>So intuitively it would make sense that it would remove them for interp=
olation from a string.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font color=3D"#073763" face=3D"georgi=
a, serif">S<div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif;=
color:rgb(7,55,99);display:inline">=E2=80=8Bo are you also requesting that =
=C2=A0&quot;#{1, 2, 3}&quot; be considered valid? Because that&#39;s how I =
would interpret =C2=A0&quot;#{*[1,2,3]}&quot; =C2=A0if I saw it in code.</d=
iv></font></div><div><font color=3D"#073763" face=3D"georgia, serif"><div c=
lass=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99=
);display:inline"><br></div></font></div><div><font color=3D"#073763" face=
=3D"georgia, serif"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georg=
ia,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99);display:inline">I&#39;m strongly opposed to it =
ever arbitrarily injecting commas, especially since Array#to_s joins withou=
t any delimiter.</div></font></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class=
=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr">=C2=A0 Matthew Kerwin<br>=C2=A0 <a hr=
ef=3D"http://matthew.kerwin.net.au/" target=3D"_blank">http://matthew.kerwi=
n.net.au/</a></div></div>
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