From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2006-02-01T15:26:14+09:00
Subject: Re: [RCR] Numeric#of

Hi,

On 2/1/06, Jacob Fugal <lukfugl@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/31/06, Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@ruby-lang.org> wrote:

> > Using my not-yet-committed 1.9, you can type
> >
> >   42.times.collect{String::new}
> >
> > to get the same result.
>
> So does times still work with a block?

Yes.

> I'm assuming that it switches
> behavior, being a generator itself if a block is present, and creating
> a generator object (which includes Enumerable) when no block is
> provided.

If returns a enumerator object just like other enumerable methods do
if no block is given to them.

matz.