From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2008-03-12T14:09:19+09:00
Subject: Re: shortcut for x = unless x.is_a?(Array)

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Todd Benson <caduceass@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 5:30 AM, Paul Mckibbin <pmckibbin@gmail.com> wrote:
>  >
>  >  >  puts "Array[#{x.inspect}] gives #{Array[x].inspect}"
>  >  > #added this ^^^^^^ one
>  >  >  puts '============================'
>  >  > end
>  >  >
>  >  > Todd
>  >
>  >  Hi Todd,
>  >
>  >  Array[x] is equivalent to [x].
>
>  Hi,
>
>  I know that now.  Just wanted to make sure.  Thanks.

I think in my head I was thinking of something different anyway...

x = [*x]

...which behaves the same as Array(x), except for x = nil, where it
behaves like [x].

Todd