The Mythical Ruby Splat
Most Rubyists are aware of variable length arguments in a method definition. For example:
Just as a refresher, the * operator, commonly known as a “splat,” collects the arguments into an array object. So in the example above, the variable *names is an array object, which means it can be used just like any other array:
What blew my mind recently was stumbling across Ruby code where the name for the “splat” was missing. I assure you that this is valid Ruby code:
