From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2006-10-12T03:21:03+09:00
Subject: Re: [ruby-cvs:18323] ruby: * eval.c (splat_value): use "to_splat" instead of "to_ary" to

Brown, Warren wrote:
>> to_a was too general.  All enumerable objects (and even
>> more) have to_a method.  to_ary was too narrow.  Only
>> array compatible objects have to_ary.  I wanted
>> something in between.
> 
>     Without sounding too flippant, why not "to_ar"?  It would be "in
> between" to_a and to_ary in all senses.  It would very easy to remember
> too.

I thought that method was used to render strings into Pirate-speak.

"Hello".to_ar   # ==> "Avast!"

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