From: "erikh (Erik Hollensbe)" <erik@...>
Date: 2012-07-09T11:50:31+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:46257] [ruby-trunk - Feature #1873] MatchData#[]: Omits All But Last Captures Corresponding to the Same Named Group


Issue #1873 has been updated by erikh (Erik Hollensbe).


Hi folks, can I get some feedback on this patch before feature freeze? Thanks.
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Feature #1873: MatchData#[]: Omits All But Last Captures Corresponding to the Same Named Group
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/1873#change-27879

Author: runpaint (Run Paint Run Run)
Status: Feedback
Priority: Normal
Assignee: naruse (Yui NARUSE)
Category: core
Target version: 2.0.0


=begin
 I suspect that MatchData#[:symbol] should return an Array of values when the same named group has been matched multiple times.
 
   >> m = 'food'.match(/(?<f>oo)(?<f>d)/)
   => #<MatchData "ood" f:"oo" f:"d">
   >> m[:f]
   => "d"
   >> m.to_a
   => ["ood", "oo", "d"]
=end



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