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I have a simple question regarding the use of a proper idiom.I had to create a matrix (n X m) of random values and I used a line similar to this one:
NMatrix withRows: ((1 to: n) collect: [ :i | random next: m ]).
Since Smalltalk is so neat for its collection handling, I obviously did not like to write that line. I thought that I did not want to explicitly create the interval, nor use a block that requires an argument that I also don't use. The question, finally, is if there an elegant way of replicating the behaviour of #collect: but without the argument? In my case, I thought it would be great for Integer to have something like #timesCollect: that would allow me to rewrite the line above as:
NMatrix withRows: (n timesCollect: [ random next: m ])
Does anyone else think that this would be an useful method to have?
Cheers
r.
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