From: ahoward <ahoward@...>
Date: 2003-01-22T02:57:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby idiom (0...(expr)).map

On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Gavin Sinclair 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?
>
G> I vaguely remember this idiom.  Can you expand on its use?  I think it
G> may become outdated with 1.8 features.

o.k.  i smell yet another 'inject' post.  are you aware of any docs on the 1.8
release or are you just a whole lot more ambitious than i and checking out the
sources?

-a

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