From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-10-12T22:22:41+09:00
Subject: Re: What about 'splay'?

Hi --

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Jim Freeze wrote:

> On Oct 12, 2006, at 2:59 AM, Martin Coxall wrote:
>
>>> "splay" has a couple of possibly not-so-savory connotations, IMO.
>
> I think one of the roadblocks to this is that there may not be a clear
> reason for the new method in everyone's head. I would very much
> appreciate a clear problem statement. So far, from memory, I have
> the following:
>
> From Matz - Need something in between to_a and to_ary
> (but I can't explain why)
>
> From David Black - We need to_? so to_a can be used for other
> things when doing *whatever.

That's my paraphrase of my understanding of Matz's explanation.  I'm
actually more on the side of not being convinced that there's a need
for a new method.


David

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