From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2001-10-10T03:08:57+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:22326] Re: blocks with min and max

Mark Slagell <ms@iastate.edu> writes:

> ... but this is characteristic of sorting logic, which does not
> presuppose an order. min and max have sufficient inherent meaning that
> it seems it should make sense to say
> 
>   largest = collection.max {|obj| obj.attrib}

Or even the more general case

    Comparable#compare_using { .... }

such as

    collection.compare_using {|a,b| a.name <=> b.name}

    largest = collection.max
    puts collection.sort

  etc


Dave