From: Calvin Bornhofen <calvin.bornhofen@...>
Date: 2013-02-02T05:35:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Enumeration vs Enumerable

Hello,

an enumeration is a general term used to describe (in computer science 
at last) a list of elements of a collectioen. An Enumerable is a 
specific Ruby-core module used to
a) mark a class' instances as collections of items which can be iterated 
through (though usually you won't ask ary.is_a? Enumerable but rather 
check if the object you're handling responds to the methods you need) 
and/or
b) to extend the collection class by a huge amount of functionality 
(e.g. map, find, include? - the full list can be found in the 
documentation of Enumerable).

Kind regards,
Calvin

On 01.02.2013 21:13, Arup Rakshit wrote:
> Can anyone explain what "Enumeration" is? What it does and when a
> construct called enumerable?
>
> A simple example may help me to understand it better. I want to know the
> core of it.
>