Issue #4780 has been updated by mame (Yusuke Endoh). Target version set to next minor ---------------------------------------- Feature #4780: String#split with a block https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/4780#change-32695 Author: yimutang (Joey Zhou) Status: Assigned Priority: Normal Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) Category: Target version: next minor Mentioned before, in another (rejected) issue thread: http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/4615 There are a few methods, which return an array without a trailing block, or also can be iterated with a block. Such as String#scan. String#split has only one form: str.split(pattern=$;, limit=0) -> array Maybe add a iterative form, when with a block: str.split(pattern=$;, limit=0) {|field| ... } -> str If the string is very long, and I only need to play with the splitted string one by one, this will not create a useless expensive array. Joey -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/