From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2005-04-11T16:29:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Array#last_index


"Trans" <transfire@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:1113074095.070106.22910@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > Can you not just use -1 as the index?
>
> No. Because, it is not always simply a matter of getting to the last
> element. If it were then #last itself would suffice. The use case here
> is when the last index is needed.

Care to unveil the use case?  I never neede that myself - just
wondering...

Kind regards

    robert