Hi -- On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Robin Stocker wrote: > dblack / wobblini.net wrote: >> Yes -- to clarify, in case it isn't clear -- splay is a real word. > > But is it a noun? ;) That's a bit of a sticking point when you add the to_, I guess. The whole problem, though, is that this method's purpose is to represent the object as an array, but we can't use to_a or to_ary. It's hard to come up with a fully good alternative. David -- David A. Black | dblack / wobblini.net Author of "Ruby for Rails" [1] | Ruby/Rails training & consultancy [3] DABlog (DAB's Weblog) [2] | Co-director, Ruby Central, Inc. [4] [1] http://www.manning.com/black | [3] http://www.rubypowerandlight.com [2] http://dablog.rubypal.com | [4] http://www.rubycentral.org