From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-10-10T00:19:49+09:00
Subject: Re: [ruby-cvs:18323] ruby: * eval.c (splat_value): use "to_splat" instead of "to_ary" to

Hi --

On Tue, 10 Oct 2006, Hugh Sasse wrote:

> On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> In message "Re: [ruby-cvs:18323] ruby: * eval.c (splat_value): use "to_splat" instead of "to_ary" to"
>>     on Mon, 9 Oct 2006 23:06:57 +0900, dblack@wobblini.net writes:
>>
>> |> Um.  For "to_" + verb, we already have "to_open".  I am open for the
>> |> better name proposal, as always.
>> |
>> |I can't find to_open (is it in an extension?) but I don't think
>> |to_verb is good.  At least open is also an adjective... but even if
>> |there's one to_verb, I really strongly recommend against having more.
>> |It just sounds wrong, and definitely has the "added to the language
>> |later" feel.
>>
>> It's only in 1.9.
>>
>> |I gather you don't like "unarray" :-)  I wish * were available.
>> |"star" or "starred", maybe?  Does it have to be to_something?
>>
>> You mean "to_star"?  I like the "to_" name for internal conversion
>> methods.
>
> I'm probably getting confused here, but isn't this operator doing
> something like: peel the outer [] off the array, leaving any nested
> arrays intact?  If that is near the mark, then

That's why I call it the unary unarray operator :-)


David

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