From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2008-12-01T09:14:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Enumerable#select used to return actual values

Hi,

In message "Re: Enumerable#select used to return actual values"
    on Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:01:41 +0900, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> writes:

|I take it that #each_with_object returns the accumulator, ie.
|
|  a = (0..10).each_with_object([]) {|e,a| a << (e * e) if e > 5 }
|
|Since in 1.9 the block parameter is local to the block.

Probably.

|As for a better name, maybe #each can just take an argument.
|
|  (0..10).each([]) {|e,a| a << (e * e) if e > 5 }
|
|Or there's #accumulate, although the object doesn't necessarily have
|to be used according to that meaning.

I prefer _with_something name to redefining each or accumulate, if
possible.

|Do you remain against the idea of #compact taking a block?

Wow, one at a time please.

							matz.