Hi -- On Sun, 21 May 2006, Jeff Pritchard wrote: > P.P.S. > Is it considered bad form to create your own aliases for things like > this? For instance, if I were to create an alias for Enumerated#inject > like "gather", and use that all over my programs, would this be > considered bad form, or just hunky-dory use of the language? It would be bad form, in my opinion. It's good to discuss what you feel are the shortcomings of the language in a forum like this, but don't turn your programs into a position statement at the cost of making them harder to understand. David -- David A. Black (dblack / wobblini.net) * Ruby Power and Light, LLC (http://www.rubypowerandlight.com) > Ruby and Rails consultancy and training * Author of "Ruby for Rails" from Manning Publications! > http://www.manning.com/black