From: non.dmitriy@... Date: 2016-07-26T14:06:22+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:76576] [CommonRuby Feature#9023] Array#tail Issue #9023 has been updated by Dmitriy Non. Bozhidar Batsov wrote: > I also dislike the name Array#tail, since it's commonly associated with linked lists, not arrays. +1 on that. Bozhidar Batsov wrote: > I think a much better name would be Array#butfirst (and I've actually renamed Array#tail in powerpack to Array#butfirst) Why do you and Matz not like #but_first ? Doesn't that make more sense to split words? #is_a? I knew not much of methods that doesn't split words (actually I can remember only #upto and #downto) ---------------------------------------- Feature #9023: Array#tail https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9023#change-59802 * Author: Fuad Saud * Status: Assigned * Priority: Normal * Assignee: Yukihiro Matsumoto ---------------------------------------- I propose the addition of a `tail` method to the Array class that returns all elements but the first. It is a pretty common pattern in functional programming, but not limited to - I use it extensively in all kinds of apps/gems. The implementation would be pretty trivial, I won't risk a patch to MRI because I'm uninitiated on ruby core matters, but powerpack gem (http://github.com/bbatsov/powerpack) implements it in ruby in terms of slices. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: