From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2002-01-11T18:02:45+09:00
Subject: Re: The * operator...

Hi,

In message "Re: The * operator..."
    on 02/01/11, "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> writes:

|> Unary * in actual argument list is a syntax, not a method.  It expands
|> array into arguments.
|
|Hmm. I wonder if Sean is one of those people (like me)
|who has a compulsive need for things to have names?  :)
|
|My opinion is that even though it isn't a method, it is still
|conceptually an operator (like +=, for example). I would
|call it the "array expansion operator" if I had to give it a
|name...

I think it's still not an operator.  I'd name it the "array expansion
argument specifier" if I have to.  Likewise, "&" in the argument list
should be the "block argument specifier".

							matz.