From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2003-10-05T14:04:01+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Ruby/Extensions 0.2.0

On Sunday, October 5, 2003, 11:39:15 AM, Hal wrote:

>> [...]

> I like that, but I am already used to the "mapf" that someone proposed
> long ago ("map function").

> It's less general but it's also less magic and takes one less
> punctuation mark (though one more letter).

>    %w[foo bar bam].mapf(:reverse)

> I'd vote for inclusion of that one also.


Yes, I like mapf; in fact I asked for it on this list many moons ago.
On the one hand, it's an annoying specialisation of what
Symbol#to_proc allows.  On the other hand, it's funky.  And #map is a
very commonly used method, and it's used commonly with very simple
blocks, so it has special consideration.

It's in the CVS.

Gavin