On 2/15/07, sur max <sur.max / gmail.com> wrote:
> *a = 9  # i like this number :)
...
> a << 5
> b = *a # => [9,5] ------- an Array
> here it seems false "*x equals [x] without the []"

Actually, the "rule" still applies, in that:

  b = *a # where a = [9, 5]

and

  b = 9, 5

Have the same effect. You were just forgetting to consider that b
would just slurp them back into an array.

> *a # => compile error

This seems to be the only remaining "anomaly".

Jacob Fugal