"elements" would probably be "proper". but "items" works well too. i'll throw in my +1. its more intuitive. On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 13:41, William Djaja Tjokroaminata wrote: > Hi, > > I like the name suggested by Nikodemus Siivola: "items", and I'm > "voting" for it. :) > > Regards, > > Bill > =========================================================================== > Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz / ruby-lang.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > > In message "select and select" > > on 02/09/19, dblack / candle.superlink.net <dblack / candle.superlink.net> writes: > > > |I'd like to suggest (again, but the first time it was buried in > > |another thread :-) that the new dual nature of "select" is kind of > > |awkward, and I'm wondering whether it's been finalized. > > > Not yet, until 1.8.0 comes out. (don't ask me when it will be.) > > But considering the loooong thread we had without conclusion, it is > > very hard to get a perfect name for the method. But I'm still open. > > > matz. > > -- tom sawyer, aka transami transami / transami.net