From: Han Holl <han@...>
Date: 2002-05-26T21:57:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Unexpected Array#pack behaviour (bug?)

ts wrote:

>>>>>>"H" == Han Holl <han@pobox.com> writes:
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>H> In your first example a "\n" gets inserted at a (seemingly) random
>H> point.
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> For the format `m', the optional argument give the length of the string to
> encode (multiple of 3). If it's <= 2, ruby use the default value of 45
>
> ["abcdefghi", 2, 3, 4, 5, 6].pach("m*) <==> ["abcdefghi"].pack("m6")
> ["abcdefghi", 2].pach("m*) <==> ["abcdefghi"].pack("m2")
>
Thanks a lot, Guy. I would never have guessed.
This certainly isn't to the principle of my least surprise <g>

Han

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