From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-06-05T06:19:36+09:00
Subject: Re: The fun continues


On Jun 4, 2006, at 2:27 PM, Daniel Berger wrote:

> 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
>

New syntax?