2013/2/19 Camillo Bruni <camillobr...@gmail.com>: > On 2013-02-19, at 17:15, James Foster <smallt...@jgfoster.net> wrote: >> On Feb 19, 2013, at 7:32 AM, Camillo Bruni <camillobr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> ';;;;' splitOn: $; >> And your point is? I'm afraid I'm not able to interpret your message. What >> does an array of one or five empty strings mean? A terse reply like this >> suggests either an email error with an incomplete message or that you think >> that the information provided is so obvious that there is only one way to >> interpret your message. If you think that the current implementation is >> useful, I'd be interested in reading a realistic use case. > > Apparently you like to write a lot, I don't.. so in verbose plain english: > > Q: "Shouldn't there be some kind of alternative which would yield?" > A: Yes there is, use #splitOn:
Cool down guys, we're all friends here :) But what's the rationale behind changing the semantics of a largely used selector in other dialects also? e.g. in Dolphin and VisualAge/VAST ';;;;' subStrings: $; => ('' '' '' '') (In VA the implementation dates from 1996!) Regards, Esteban A. Maringolo