From: Robert James <srobertjames@...>
Date: 2007-01-02T10:13:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Mini-RCR:  Extra Argument for Array#join

James Gray wrote:
> I've been looking at the to_sentence() method in Rails.  It's
> basically a join(), but you can give a different final separator.  I
> personally use this kind of functionality often enough to believe it
> would make a good addition to the core language.

-1
join is simple to understand and use.  It's used in lots of things 
besides English generation.  Adding this complicates it and confuses the 
intention.

If you feel to_sentence() should be made core, put up a RCR for it.  But 
let's keep join as join.

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