@@ -6503,33 +6503,37 @@ flatten(VALUE ary, int level)
/*
* call-seq:
- * array.flatten! -> self or nil
- * array.flatten!(level) -> self or nil
+ * flatten!(depth = nil) -> self or nil
*
- * Replaces each nested +Array+ in +self+ with the elements from that +Array+;
- * returns +self+ if any changes, +nil+ otherwise.
+ * Returns +self+ as a recursively flattening of +self+ to +depth+ levels of recursion;
+ * +depth+ must be an
+ * {integer-convertible object}[rdoc-ref:implicit_conversion.rdoc@Integer-Convertible+Objects],
+ * or +nil+.
+ * At each level of recursion:
+ *
+ * - Each element that is an array is "flattened"
+ * (that is, replaced by its individual array elements).
+ * - Each element that is not an array is unchanged
+ * (even if the element is an object that has instance method +flatten+).
*
- * With non-negative Integer argument +level+, flattens recursively through +level+ levels:
+ * Returns +nil+ if no elements were flattened.
*
- * a = [ 0, [ 1, [2, 3], 4 ], 5 ]
- * a.flatten!(1) # => [0, 1, [2, 3], 4, 5]
- * a = [ 0, [ 1, [2, 3], 4 ], 5 ]
- * a.flatten!(2) # => [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
- * a = [ 0, [ 1, [2, 3], 4 ], 5 ]
- * a.flatten!(3) # => [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
- * [0, 1, 2].flatten!(1) # => nil
+ * With non-negative integer argument +depth+, flattens recursively through +depth+ levels:
*
- * With no argument, a +nil+ argument, or with negative argument +level+, flattens all levels:
+ * a = [ 0, [ 1, [2, 3], 4 ], 5, {foo: 0}, Set.new([6, 7]) ]
+ * a # => [0, [1, [2, 3], 4], 5, {:foo=>0}, #<Set: {6, 7}>]
+ * a.dup.flatten!(1) # => [0, 1, [2, 3], 4, 5, {:foo=>0}, #<Set: {6, 7}>]
+ * a.dup.flatten!(1.1) # => [0, 1, [2, 3], 4, 5, {:foo=>0}, #<Set: {6, 7}>]
+ * a.dup.flatten!(2) # => [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, {:foo=>0}, #<Set: {6, 7}>]
+ * a.dup.flatten!(3) # => [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, {:foo=>0}, #<Set: {6, 7}>]
*
- * a = [ 0, [ 1, [2, 3], 4 ], 5 ]
- * a.flatten! # => [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
- * [0, 1, 2].flatten! # => nil
- * a = [ 0, [ 1, [2, 3], 4 ], 5 ]
- * a.flatten!(-1) # => [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
- * a = [ 0, [ 1, [2, 3], 4 ], 5 ]
- * a.flatten!(-2) # => [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
- * [0, 1, 2].flatten!(-1) # => nil
+ * With +nil+ or negative argument +depth+, flattens all levels:
*
+ * a.dup.flatten! # => [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, {:foo=>0}, #<Set: {6, 7}>]
+ * a.dup.flatten!(-1) # => [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, {:foo=>0}, #<Set: {6, 7}>]
+ *
+ * Related: Array#flatten;
+ * see also {Methods for Assigning}[rdoc-ref:Array@Methods+for+Assigning].
*/
static VALUE
@@ -8639,6 +8643,7 @@ rb_ary_deconstruct(VALUE ary)
* - #insert: Inserts given objects at a given offset; does not replace elements.
* - #concat: Appends all elements from given arrays.
* - #fill: Replaces specified elements with specified objects.
+ * - #flatten!: Replaces each nested array in +self+ with the elements from that array.
* - #initialize_copy (aliased as #replace): Replaces the content of +self+ with the content of a given array.
* - #reverse!: Replaces +self+ with its elements reversed.
* - #rotate!: Replaces +self+ with its elements rotated.
@@ -8700,7 +8705,6 @@ rb_ary_deconstruct(VALUE ary)
* - #collect (aliased as #map): Returns an array containing the block return-value for each element.
* - #collect! (aliased as #map!): Replaces each element with a block return-value.
* - #flatten: Returns an array that is a recursive flattening of +self+.
- * - #flatten!: Replaces each nested array in +self+ with the elements from that array.
* - #inspect (aliased as #to_s): Returns a new String containing the elements.
* - #join: Returns a newsString containing the elements joined by the field separator.
* - #to_a: Returns +self+ or a new array containing all elements.