On Aug 28, 5:12=A0am, Brian Candler <B.Cand... / pobox.com> wrote: > > Not this case. String is no longer Enumerable. > > Thank you, my mistake. I'm not chasing the moving target of 1.9 until it > stabilises. And even then I suspect I'll stick with 1.8.6 for quite a whi= le, > rather than learn new new magic and syntax in 1.9/2.0. > > Now if 1.9 had *removed* magic or syntax from 1.8, I'd be much more > interested. (For example, if it had eliminated the semantic distinctions > between method calls, lambda calls and Proc calls). Then I could garbage > collect some space in my brain. > > But I guess that's an admission that I'm not qualified to talk on ruby-co= re, > so I'll shut up now :-) If you are a well practiced user of Ruby, I think that qualifies you. The community would be rather myopic if it were nothing but C hackers --at least, I hope that's the general sentiment. T.