From: Kent Dahl <kentda@...>
Date: 2002-10-30T23:37:37+09:00
Subject: Re: feature idea: custom literals

Nat Pryce wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 11:41, Nikodemus Siivola wrote:
> >  Vector.new(3,5,6)
[ versus ]
> >  <3,5,6>
> 
> But the former is *far* more readable.

Yes, so a potential middle ground:

<CODE>
module VectorUtil
  def V(s)
    eval "[#{s}]" # or use "Vector.new(#{s})"
  end
end
include VectorUtil
p V %<1,2,3> #=> [1, 2, 3]
</CODE>

Way crypting enough, thank you very much! :-)

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