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04/15/2009

07:11 PM Ruby Bug #1367: flatten(0) is not consistent with flatten(), flatten(1), etc.

=begin
As a pro-fix argument consider what happens when the code using flatten has a dynamic depth value. So rather than:

x = a.flatten(0)

It's something like:

x = a.flatten(depth)

To ensure that this code behaviour... pjlewis (Paul Lewis)

04/09/2009

08:01 AM Ruby Bug #1367 (Closed): flatten(0) is not consistent with flatten(), flatten(1), etc.

=begin
> a = [1, 2]
> a2 = a.flatten
> a2 << :a
> a2
=> [1, 2, :a]
> a
=> [1, 2]

> b = [3, 4]
> b2 = b.flatten 1
> b2 << :b
> b2
=> [3, 4, :b]
> b
=> [3, 4]

HOWEVER:

> c = [5, 6]
> c2 = c.flatten... pjlewis (Paul Lewis)