From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2004-09-20T10:19:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Array#index block and rdetect

Hi --

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> In message "Re: Array#index block and rdetect"
>     on Mon, 20 Sep 2004 00:39:42 +0900, "Robert Klemme" <bob.news@gmx.net> writes:
> 
> |> Couldn't the index of a hash be considered the key? So the block of #index
> |> when applied is the value. i.e.
> |
> |Good idea!  That way Hash and Array are partly interchangable.  You could 
> |view an array as a special case of an associative storage with the 
> |restriction that keys are ints.
> 
> In that case, Hash#each and Enumerable#each_with_index should be
> redefined for consistency.

Could #each_with_index be left to individual classes, as #each_index
is?


David

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David A. Black
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