From: Brian Buckley Date: 2005-12-02T00:25:58+09:00 Subject: Re: require! > a = [1,2,3] > x(a) # [[1,2,3,]] > x(*a) # [1,2,3] x(*a) # [1,2,3] x(a.to_a) # also [1,2,3] But when might the 1st way (using the unary operator) be preferred to the more explicit 2nd way? Brian Buckley