From: MonkeeSage <MonkeeSage@...>
Date: 2007-11-29T08:35:00+09:00
Subject: Re: *hash is different from hash.to_a?

On Nov 28, 2:46 pm, Trans <transf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Has this come up before? I don;t recall. But just the same. Does this
> seem inconsistent to you?
>
>   irb(main):003:0> a = *{:a=>1}
>   => [:a, 1]
>   irb(main):004:0> a = *{:a=>1,:b=>2}
>   => [[:b, 2], [:a, 1]]
>
> vs.
>
>   irb(main):006:0> a = {:a=>1}.to_a
>   => [[:a, 1]]
>   irb(main):007:0> a = {:a=>1,:b=>2}.to_a
>   => [[:b, 2], [:a, 1]]
>
> T.

Splat behavior is going to be slightly different in 1.9 [1] (e.g.,
splat just returns the whole hash, regardless of element count, inside
a single array). Just thought you might like to know so you don't end
up writing brand new legacy code. ;)

[1] http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/vframe.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/214897?214708-244931

Regards,
Jordan