From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2005-01-27T03:00:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Argument-per-argument Passing


"Trans" <transfire@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:1106754033.158966.115450@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>> How about
>>
>> take(*give)
>> take(*give_each)
>>
>> Note also, that all your give* methods return the same.
>
> Right, but that's exactly what I don't want to do. I.e. changing the
> notation used in passing the arguments to #take. Rather I want a way to
> "transfer" the arguments directly into the receiveing method (#take) as
> dictated by the return of the giving method (#give).

As it stands you have only these options:

a) Use * at the call (which you don't)

b) make take more flexible (as some methods in the std lib):

def take(*a)
  a = a[0] if a.size == 1 && Enumerable === a[0]
  p a
end

>> take 1,2,3
[1, 2, 3]
=> nil
>> take [1,2,3]
[1, 2, 3]
=> nil

Kind regards

    robert