From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2006-02-05T06:57:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Quiz #65, Principle of Great Surprise, and Array.delete sledgehammer

On Feb 4, 2006, at 3:49 PM, Dave Howell wrote:

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> On Feb 4, 2006, at 13:09, James Edward Gray II wrote:
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>> On Feb 4, 2006, at 2:50 PM, Dave Howell wrote:
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>>> Can somebody explain to me how I'm supposed to delete a *single*  
>>> element from an array based on equivalence with an object? and  
>>> get back said array with said element deleted?
>>
>> I was just wanting this method yesterday, and not for the first  
>> time.  Is there any good reason we can't have a delete_first()  
>> method for Array?
>
> Wouldn't delete_first still ought to return "_obj_ or nil"?

Good point.  You are probably right.

James Edward Gray II