[nem-en] Re: [svn] r6670: nemerle/trunk: lib/narray.n macros/Util.n

[Michal Moskal]

On 9/21/06, VladD2 <svnadmin at nemerle.org> wrote:
> +        | null               => array (0);
...
>      public Map [From, To] (this from : array [From], f : From -> To) : array [To]
>      {
> +      if (from == null)
> +        array(0)
> +      else
...

IMHO this is inconsistent with methods in the System.Array class that
throw ArgumentNullException when given null instead of an array. While
I agree this may be useful, I think the rule of least surprise should
take precedence here -- people will expect these methods to throw
NullRef at them.

-- 
   Michał