On 2011-02-06 20:51, Walter Bright wrote:
Jacob Carlborg wrote:
On 2011-02-04 08:34, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
Slices: just one more reason why D's arrays kick the pants of other
languages'
arrays...
- Jonathan M Davis
Ruby has array slices as well. A slice of an array refers to the
original data just like in D. But on the other hand a new instance is
created when making a slice (I assume, since everything is an object
in Ruby).
Can you use an array slice in ruby as an argument to any function that
takes a string?
Since Ruby is a dynamically typed language you can pass in anything you
want and relay on duck typing. The object passed in just have to support
the slicing syntax/method.
Hm, I just tried this and apparently a slice does NOT behave as in D.
Modifying the slice does NOT modify the original array/string, I was
completely sure it did.
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/Jacob Carlborg
