From: "Brian Schröder" <ruby@...>
Date: 2004-11-30T19:25:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Seeking advice on some method names

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:14:59 +0900
Brian Schr�der <ruby@brian-schroeder.de> wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:32:13 +0900
> Glenn Parker <glenn.parker@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > Gavin Sinclair wrote:
> > > I find #one quite uncompelling,
> > > because it sounds like #any: it doesn't express its one_and_only_one
> > > meaning.
> > 
> > Instead of "one", why not "lone", e.g. The Lone Ranger?
> > 
> Why not #scalar as it returns the scalar value of the array if the array is a 1-tuple.
> 

Sorry for the noise, I read the rejection further down only after sending this. (Though I still think #to_scalar more natural than #one, because #one does not convey a clear meaning to me)

e.g.

[].one => 1 (It returns one?)
[].one => true (It is only one array?)
[:a,:b,:c,:d].one => [1,1,1,1] (Fill with ones?)

Regards,

Brian

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