From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-08-31T11:51:08+09:00
Subject: Re: [RCR] Array.step

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Logan Capaldo wrote:

>
> On Aug 30, 2006, at 10:22 PM, nobu@ruby-lang.org wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> 
>> At Thu, 31 Aug 2006 03:02:14 +0900,
>> Logan Capaldo wrote in [ruby-talk:211561]:
>>> I'd almost rather make the RCR for changing step rather than adding
>>> Array.step. It's more general, and with 1.9 magic iterators I think
>>> it would obviate the need to even have Array.step, e.g.: 1.step
>>> (3).to_a. Make n.step { ... } work as well and make it walk backwards
>>> if its from high to low.
>> 
>> Do you mean this?
>> 
>>   $ ruby -v -e 'p 1.step(5,2).to_a'
>>   ruby 1.9.0 (2006-08-29) [i686-linux]
>>   [1, 3, 5]
>> 
> Pretty much, except possibly supporting Ara's additional requirements of 
> 9.step.to_a and 1.step(-2).to_a #=> [1, 0, -1, -2]

indeed and agreed.

-a
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