From: Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@...>
Date: 2002-07-10T18:57:04+09:00
Subject: Re: String#split converts string args to regexes -- ?

On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:

> sub/gsub
>
>  (a) prohibit string pattern
>  (b) string patterns as strings, without converting into regex.
>
> split
>
>  (c) prohibit string pattern longer than 1.
>  (d) string patterns as strings, without converting into regex.
>
> The meaningful consistent combination must be a-c and b-d.  Which do
> you prefer?
>

I'd go for (b) and (d) as well, but notes in the docs about
Regexp.new(Regexp.quote(s))
would be a useful cross-reference to have in the split and g?sub
sections, as well.
If there were another way to quote backslashes
http://www.rubycentral.com/faq/rubyfaq-9.html#ss9.18
I'd vote for that, too!

> 							matz.
>
        Thank you,
        Hugh