From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2005-12-02T00:15:30+09:00
Subject: Re: require!

Hi --

On Fri, 2 Dec 2005, Brian Buckley wrote:

>> Actually * looks for a to_a.
>
> Does calling amethod(*x) have the same meaning as calling
> amethod(x.to_a)?  If is it what is the benefit of using the (less
> clear) first way?

They're not the same.  * is actually a unary unnary operator:

   def x(*args)
     p args
   end

   a = [1,2,3]
   x(a)      # [[1,2,3,]]
   x(*a)     # [1,2,3]


David

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David A. Black
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