From: redstun <redstun@...>
Date: 2010-12-15T14:35:52+09:00
Subject: Re: String.populate(data) for sprintf?

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oops, sorry for typos

^ => does is populating
bones* => bonus question

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 1:22 PM, redstun <redstun@gmail.com> wrote:

> This idea came up in my mind last night.
>
> As what Kernel::format(format_string, *arguments) ^ is populating the
> format string with the data provided by *arguments, isn't it natural
> for a String object (namely the format_string) to receive the
> 'populate' message with the data?
>
> Maybe String.populate_with is better in terms of grammar correctness,
> but I thing populate is fine.
>
> A bones* question, if you once was a Java developer, do you still
> remember Java's version of sprintf? Maybe this help make more sense of
> String.populate()
>
>
>

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