From: Eero Saynatkari <ruby-ml@...>
Date: 2006-10-12T04:31:15+09:00
Subject: Re: What about 'splay'?

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On 2006.10.12 04:19, dblack@wobblini.net wrote:
> Hi --
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> On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Eero Saynatkari wrote:
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> >On 2006.10.12 03:36, Sean Russell wrote:
> >>On Wednesday 11 October 2006 13:55, Eero Saynatkari wrote:
> >>>On 2006.10.12 02:32, dblack@wobblini.net wrote:
> >>>>The word 'splay' occurs to me, as something that sounds sort of
> >>...
> >>>David, you thought 'splat' was whimsical :P
> >>
> >>Actually, "splay" has a well defined, non-whimsical, and appropriate
> >>definition:
> >>
> >>	1. To display; to spread.
> >>
> >>As in, splaying your fingers.
> >>
> >>It also means to dislocate, to castrate, and to render oblique.
> >>However, I've only ever heard it used with the first definition: to
> >>spread out, and I haven't picked up any humorous or negative
> >>connotations for it.
> >
> >'splay' holds no intuitive advantage of clarity over 'splat'--in
> >particular to non-english-speakers--besides which 'splat' is the
> >currently used word thereby holding the home advantage.
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> I'm not looking for intuitiveness; it's OK if people have to learn a
> new word :-)  I guess to_splat has the home advantage but it's very
> new and Matz has, I think, clearly indicated willingness to discuss
> the name and consider suggestions.
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> >I will actually throw my hat in for the excellent earlier
> >suggestion of *@ and reiterate my opposition to #to_a or
> >its derivatives as they are completely inaccurate.
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> I think if you're representing an object as an array, then some form
> of to_array must be at least somewhat accurate.  But I like *@ too.
> This really is more a matter of unary operator definition than data
> conversion.

I am confused:

  *[1,2]  =3D> 1,2

Right? Read this:

  [1,2].to_a =3D> 1,2

Unless I am misunderstanding something, that is definitely not
*creating* an Array.

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