From: Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...>
Date: 2010-07-07T22:43:55+09:00
Subject: Re: New, but this seems odd...

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On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Rob Biedenharn
<Rob@agileconsultingllc.com>wrote:

>
> On Jul 7, 2010, at 9:01 AM, Andrew Wagner wrote:
>
>  Ok, granted that I'm pretty new to ruby, but this seems odd to me:
>>
>> irb(main):001:0> x = [1,2,3]
>> => [1, 2, 3]
>> irb(main):002:0> x.delete 2
>> => 2
>> irb(main):003:0> x
>> => [1, 3]
>>
>> With this behavior, wouldn't "delete!" be a more appropriate name?
>>
>
>
>
> Read
> http://dablog.rubypal.com/2007/8/15/bang-methods-or-danger-will-rubyist
>
> Is there some kind of interpretation of "delete" that doesn't imply the
> receiving object will be changed?
>
>
x = "123"
x.delete '2'  # => "13"
x             # => "123"

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