From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-10-25T09:43:16+09:00
Subject: Re: [rcr] String#first / String#last

Hal Fulton wrote:
> Daniel Berger wrote:
> 
>>
>> Why not just turn String into an Array of characters?  It feels like
>> that's how everyone wants a String to behave anyway.
>>
> 
> I think I'd be opposed to that. But adding a to_a might be good -- I
> frequently do a gratuitous split operation for that purpose.

Pardon me: Of course, there already is a to_a -- but it is line-oriented
like #each. Makes sense in many ways, but I more often need the other.

Hal