From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2006-06-05T03:27:02+09:00
Subject: Re: The fun continues

Daniel Schierbeck wrote:
> Daniel Schierbeck wrote:
>>   class Class
>>     def to_proc
>>       proc{new}
>>     end
>>   end
>>
>>   (1..5).map(&Array)  => [[], [], [], [], []]
>>   (1..5).map(&String) => ["", "", "", "", ""]
> 
> Even cooler:
> 
>   class Class
>     def to_proc
>       proc{|*args| new(*args)}
>     end
>   end
> 
>   class Person
>     def initialize(name)
>       @name = name
>     end
> 
>     def inspect
>       @name.to_str
>     end
>   end
> 
>   %w(john bob jane hans).map(&Person) => [john, bob, jane, hans]
> 
> 
> Daniel

This could have been done just as well by modifying Enumerable#map in 
the core, without adding new syntax.

Regards,

Dan