From: dblack@...
Date: 2003-10-25T02:57:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Struggling with variable arguments to block

Hi --

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003, ts wrote:

> >>>>> "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]]]

OK... that's a start :-)  Just so you know I wasn't being
totally frivolous:

  irb(main):001:0> *a = 1,2
  => [1, 2]
  irb(main):002:0> *a = [1,2]
  => [1, 2]
  irb(main):003:0> VERSION
  => "1.8.0"

so I guess this is a case where the irb parser hasn't caught up?


David

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