2013/2/19 Camillo Bruni <[email protected]>:
> On 2013-02-19, at 17:15, James Foster <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Feb 19, 2013, at 7:32 AM, Camillo Bruni <[email protected]> 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
