From: Florian Gross <flgr@...>
Date: 2004-10-25T22:24:07+09:00
Subject: Re: [rcr] String#first / String#last

Robert Klemme wrote:

>>| |adding a to_a might be good
>>| "to_a" works line-wise.  Perhaps "explode"
>>RCR for #chars
> This does not yield characters but strings with length 1.  Note also that
> there is String#each_byte which is often sufficient.

The problem with String#each_byte is that nobody wants to handle 
characters as Integers in Ruby, IMHO. (I think one-character Strings are 
preferred, because they still let you use lots of Strings useful methods.)

> Kind regards
>     robert

More regards,
Florian Gross