From: "minilith@..." <minilith@...>
Date: 2009-02-26T14:27:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Where is splat implemented? / How does it work?

> > I'm pretty sure that implicit conversions to array use to_ary, not to_a.
> > This is the way it works in Ruby 1.8, and after an experimental period in
> > 1.9 with to_splat

Building on David Black's examples, I tried the following to clarify
the use of #to_a and #to_ary for me.

> RUBY_VERSION
=> "1.9.1"
> o = Object.new
=> #<Object:0x100af964>
> class << o
>     def to_a
>         [:a]
>     end
>     def to_ary
>         [:ary]
>     end
> end
> [*o]
=> [:a]
> [1] + o
=> [1, :ary]

The #to_splat method seems to be gone.