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Behavior of take_while and drop_while without a block
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I'm puzzled by the behavior of take_while and drop_while when called without | |
a block. They return enumerators -- that part I understand -- but I'm not | |
understanding how those enumerators behave. | |
Here's what I mean: | |
>> enum = [1,2,3,4,5].take_while | |
=> #<Enumerator: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]:take_while> | |
>> enum.next | |
=> 1 | |
>> enum.next | |
StopIteration: iteration reached an end | |
from (irb):3:in `next' | |
from (irb):3 | |
from /Users/dblack/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/bin/irb:16:in `<main>' | |
>> enum.to_a | |
=> [1] | |
drop_while does the same thing. This behavior doesn't seem particularly useful. | |
Any ideas on why it is this way (up to and including that it's a bug)? |
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enum.count # returns 1
Really weird indeed :={} I'd too love to know the reason for this behavior!