From: Lionel Thiry <lthiryidontwantspams@...>
Date: 2005-11-06T08:07:09+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Ruby/GD2 alternative to Ruby/GD

Yukihiro Matsumoto a �crit :
> Hi,
> 
> In message "Re: [ANN] Ruby/GD2 alternative to Ruby/GD"
>     on Sat, 5 Nov 2005 23:08:32 +0900, Rob Leslie <rob@mars.org> writes:
> 
> |> I don't think resize! and find! do not require bang sign in the  
> |> name. Note that, unlike Scheme, bang sign indicates "more  
> |> dangerous" alternatives to non bang ones in Ruby, for example, sub  
> |> (returns modified copy of the receiver) and sub! (modifies the  
> |> receiver in place).
> |
> |Actually, I was conscious of this; the non-bang Image#resize does not  
> |modify the receiver but returns a new image instead. Also,  
> |Palette#find never modifies the palette, but Palette#find! allocates  
> |the color if it doesn't already exist.
> 
> Hmm, I should have checked the API before making comments, sorry.  But
> I still feel something weird with find!, but I can't express myself well.
> 
> 							matz.

find usually takes a block, doesn't it?

Perhaps Palette#find should be Palette#include? and Palette#find! should
be Palette#add! ? Doesn't it make sense?

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