From: dblack@... Date: 2002-09-22T00:59:25+09:00 Subject: Re: select and select Hi -- On Sun, 22 Sep 2002, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote: > Hi, > > In message "Re: select and select" > on 02/09/22, Dave Thomas writes: > > |> What about a 'pick_as' option for the hash? > | > |Perhaps pick_using_xxxx, with straight 'pick' as an alias for > |pick_using_key > > pick_by_key(s)? I would put it in the plural. Presumably h.pick_by_keys(:akey) would be quite rare (just a long way of saying h[:akey]). And if it's in a variable (pick_by_keys(*some_keys)) it looks and feels plural, even if the array happens to have only one element. David -- David Alan Black | Register for RubyConf 2002! home: dblack@candle.superlink.net | November 1-3 work: blackdav@shu.edu | Seattle, WA, USA Web: http://pirate.shu.edu/~blackdav | http://www.rubyconf.com