Hi,
In message "Re: [ruby-cvs:18323] ruby: * eval.c (splat_value): use "to_splat" instead of "to_ary" to"
on Mon, 9 Oct 2006 23:06:57 +0900, dblack / wobblini.net writes:
|> Um. For "to_" + verb, we already have "to_open". I am open for the
|> better name proposal, as always.
|
|I can't find to_open (is it in an extension?) but I don't think
|to_verb is good. At least open is also an adjective... but even if
|there's one to_verb, I really strongly recommend against having more.
|It just sounds wrong, and definitely has the "added to the language
|later" feel.
It's only in 1.9.
|I gather you don't like "unarray" :-) I wish * were available.
|"star" or "starred", maybe? Does it have to be to_something?
You mean "to_star"? I like the "to_" name for internal conversion
methods.
matz.