From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-11-29T05:25:32+09:00
Subject: Re: << == push?

Hi --

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Giles Bowkett wrote:

> I was just prepping a code sample for somebody out in the big wide
> world, and doing that always makes me review my code, and I noticed I
> was using Array#push a lot instead of << (I think that's Array#<<
> actually?).
>
> So, kind of a basic question, is << basically just idiomatic Ruby for
> push? (This was a Rails project with a lot of custom JavaScript and I
> think I just got in that particular mindset.)

I *think* the only difference is that push can take more than one
argument.


David

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