From: dblack@...
Date: 2007-02-16T03:44:23+09:00
Subject: Re: is it behaving strange ?

Hi --

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Jacob Fugal wrote:

> On 2/15/07, sur max <sur.max@gmail.com> wrote:
>> *a = 9  # i like this number :)
> ...
>> a << 5
>> b = *a # => [9,5] ------- an Array
>> here it seems false "*x equals [x] without the []"
>
> Actually, the "rule" still applies, in that:
>
> b = *a # where a = [9, 5]
>
> and
>
> b = 9, 5
>
> Have the same effect. You were just forgetting to consider that b
> would just slurp them back into an array.
>
>> *a # => compile error
>
> This seems to be the only remaining "anomaly".

It isn't, though:

irb#1(main):017:0> a = [9,5]
=> [9, 5]
irb#1(main):018:0> *a
SyntaxError: compile error
(irb#1):18: syntax error
         from (irb#1):18
irb#1(main):019:0> 9,5
SyntaxError: compile error
(irb#1):19: syntax error
         from (irb#1):19


David

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