From: Jonathan Leighton <lists@...>
Date: 2006-01-10T02:24:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Passing a hash of args

On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 10:26 +0900, dblack@wobblini.net wrote:
> > class Time
> >  UNITS = [ :year, :month, :day, :hour, :min, :sec, :usec ]
> >
> >  def to_precision(unit)
> >    args = []
> >    0.upto(UNITS.index(unit)) { |unit| args <<
> > method(UNITS[unit]).call }
> >    Time.local(*args)
> >  end
> > end
> >
> > Is that a sensible way to do it?
> 
> I would do:
> 
>    send(UNITS[unit])
> 
> in preference to the method/call thing.  Maybe:
> 
>    args = (0..UNITS.index(unit)).map { |unit| send(UNITS[unit]) }

Awesome, thanks. I did feel the method/call bit was slightly ugly.

Cheers

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