From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-10-10T01:56:17+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, Eero Saynatkari wrote:

> On 2006.10.10 00:31, James Edward Gray II wrote:
>> On Oct 9, 2006, at 10:19 AM, dblack@wobblini.net wrote:
>>
>>> Hi --
>>>
>>> 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.
> ...
>> to_params
>
> Yep, or to_parms, to_list (to_parameterlist is probably a bit long:)

I like to_list.  It's specific enough that misuse/overuse will be
evident.  And even though "list" isn't a core class, it's a noun and
also much more meaningful than "splat".


David

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