From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-10-10T02:06:18+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, James Edward Gray II wrote:

> On Oct 9, 2006, at 11:50 AM, 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:)
>
> to_args is probably a bit more Rubyish, since *args is an oft-seen idiom.

I think, though, that the goal is to have a way to define *anything
behavior, in ways that go beyond the arglist use case.


David

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