From: Matt Mower <matt.mower@...>
Date: 2005-12-05T23:05:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Oppinions on map vs collect

On 05/12/05, Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@gmail.com> wrote:
> I usually use #map if I want to collect the return values generated from
> calling a method with each item in the enumerable as an argument:
>
>    results = arr.map { |item| process(item) }
>
> I use #collect when I want to collect attributes from each item in the
> enumerable:
>
>    names = contacts.collect { |contact| contact.name }
>

I like that convention.  Assuming that it's too late for Matz to
re-purpose either function name, I'll start using that myself.

Thanks,

Matt

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