From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2003-10-25T01:26:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Struggling with variable arguments to block

>>>>> "d" == dblack  <dblack@superlink.net> writes:

d> I confess to confusion about the new arg/param semantics.  For example:

d>   irb(main):005:0> *a = 1,2
d>   => [1, 2]
d>   irb(main):006:0> *a = [1,2]
d>   => [1, 2]

svg% ./ruby -ve '*a = 1,2; p a; *a = [1,2]; p a; *a = [[1,2]]; p a'
ruby 1.8.0 (2003-10-24) [i686-linux]
[1, 2]
[[1, 2]]
[[[1, 2]]]
svg% 


Guy Decoux