From: Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...>
Date: 2006-09-18T19:26:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Splat, #to_ary and #to_a

Marcelo Alvim wrote:
> On 9/18/06, Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@gmail.com> wrote:
>> and which of these will change in 1.9?
>>
>> def a(*arg)
>>      p arg
>> end
>>
>> a("foo\nbar")
>> which in 1.8.4 prints ["foo\nbar"]
>>
>> a((1..3))
>>  prints [1, 2, 3, 4]
> 
> Does the following happen only to me?
> 
> irb(main):001:0> def a(*arg)
> irb(main):002:1>   p arg
> irb(main):003:1> end
> => nil
> irb(main):004:0> a((1..3))
> [1..3]
> => nil
> 
> Using ruby 1.8.4 (2006-04-14) [i386-mswin32].

No, it the way it's supposed to be.

   a  (1..3)  #=> outputs: [1..3]
   a *(1..3)  #=> outputs: [1, 2, 3]


Cheers,
Daniel