From: redstun <redstun@...>
Date: 2010-12-15T14:49:43+09:00
Subject: Re: String.populate(data) for sprintf?

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I mean to have String.populate as an instance method

i.e.
fmt_str = 'aligned numbers: %6d %6d"
result = fmt_str.populate(1, 2)

Nothing wrong, just to make things look more natural

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 1:36 PM, botp <botpena@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 1:22 PM, redstun <redstun@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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?
>
> what is wrong w String#%
>
>

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