On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Terry Michaels <spare / frigidcode.com> wrote:
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yes

> Do I need to write code that checks whether each object passed in is an array or not

yes

>, manually splitting if necessary (which perhaps is
> complicated) or is there something else I'm overlooking? Or perhaps is
> my whole idea dumb from the start...?

no

starting fr your splat technique...
you just need to adjust a little bit...


eg,

>> def m *a
>>   a = a.first if a.first.is_a? Array
>>   a
>> end
=> nil
>> m 1,2
=> [1, 2]
>> m [1,2]
=> [1, 2]
>> m [1,2,"a",[3,4]]
=> [1, 2, "a", [3, 4]]
>> m 1,2,"a",[3,4]
=> [1, 2, "a", [3, 4]]
>>

welcome to the wonderful world of ruby.
best regards -botp