From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2003-01-22T01:05:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby idiom (0...(expr)).map

On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, 2:36:50 AM, Martin wrote:

> I've found myself writing (0...(expr)).map (as an alternative to
> a = []; expr.times {|i| a << ..}) often enough that I was wondering
> whether to define it as a method of fixnum. Fixnum#map doesn't seem
> quite right, though - any name suggestions?

I vaguely remember this idiom.  Can you expand on its use?  I think it
may become outdated with 1.8 features.

Gavin