On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Mark Miesfeld <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Sahananda (Jon) Wolfers > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have a feeling that this may already have been asked and answered, but >> would this have less of an astonishment factor if the method was makearray - >> perhaps with options to indicate the mechanism involved? > > Well, as Rick pointed out to me a little while ago, the .String class > already has a makearray method, but the semantics for makearray(" ") > are not the same for what he was proposing. The treatment of multiple > blanks between words is not the same.
And I am generally opposed to the "add another option to a method" solution to make one method name perform different functions. Rick > > -- > Mark Miesfeld > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! > Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires > February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel
