From: Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...>
Date: 2005-12-05T23:32:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Oppinions on map vs collect

Matt Mower wrote:
> 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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