From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2004-05-25T15:55:20+09:00
Subject: Re: [RCR] Numeric#of

Hal Fulton [mailto:hal9000@hypermetrics.com] wrote:
> 
> Actually I guess both these are bad syntax. You would have to 
> use proc, I suppose.
> 
>    a,b,c = 3 * proc { Array.new }
> 
> And suddenly it seems like more trouble than it is worth.
> 

yes.

(accidentally,) I did not know this was possible:

irb(main):082:0> [[]]*5
=> [[], [], [], [], []]

> 
> Hal
> 

kind regards -botp