From: Florian Gross <flgr@...>
Date: 2005-03-23T12:24:49+09:00
Subject: Re: RCR 296: Destructive methods return self

Csaba Henk wrote:

> This second one sounds better, but not perfect. "*" is used now in the
> opposite sense: not for returning some stuff bundled in an array, rather
> for "inlining" the content of the array.

Actually it's already used for both senses.

a, *b = 1, 2, 3
b # => [2, 3]

Same for the & modifier which is used in opposing senses as well:

def x(&block)
   y(&block)
end