From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2003-03-28T22:59:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Array question


"Yukihiro Matsumoto" <matz@ruby-lang.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:1048842051.937425.25237.nullmailer@picachu.netlab.jp...
> Hi,
>
> In message "Array question"
>     on 03/03/28, walter@mwsewall.com <walter@mwsewall.com> writes:
>
> |#I want to do this
> |puts list.join(","){|item| item.downcase}
> |
> |#but I have to do this
> |puts list.collect{|item| item.downcase}.join(",")
>
> Hmm, I feel like this filtering is not part of "join" operation.
> But I'm interested in how others think.

I agree.  People who need this can easily implement it themselves (even
for Array and other built in classes) but it should definitely not be part
of the standard library.

Regards

    robert