From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2007-05-04T19:23:52+09:00
Subject: Re: RCR?

Hi,

In message "Re: RCR?"
    on Fri, 4 May 2007 19:15:44 +0900, "Robert Dober" <robert.dober@gmail.com> writes:

|Currently I am writing lots of code like this:
|
|"some string".gsub(/s/,"") # I am using more complex rgxs therefore
|# String#delete is not an option.
|
|I would like to write
|"some string".gsub(/s/)
|instead.
|
|There are two roads to walk:
|(a) Allow String#delete to have a Regex
|(b) Give String#gsub, String#sub, String#gsub! and String#sub! the
|empty string as default for parameter replacement.

Could you tell me why you want to reduce tiny three letters?
I feel like explicit empty replacement describes user's intention more
precisely than omitted default empty.

How do you think comparing those two:

  "some string".gsub(/s/,"")
  "some string".gsub(/s/)

							matz.