Issue #20080 has been updated by rubyFeedback (robert heiler). I have no particular opinion on the suggested feature itself, but I agree that .bounds() is a better API / name than .begin_and_end(), even though I understand the rationale between the latter name making it more explicit. Ruby often tries to prefer terse names, when that is possible and makes sense. ---------------------------------------- Feature #20080: Implement #begin_and_end method on Range https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20080#change-105832 * Author: stuyam (Stuart Yamartino) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal ---------------------------------------- Followup Reference: #20027 This feature request is to implement a method called `#begin_and_end` on `Range` that returns an array of the first and last value stored in a range: ```ruby (1..300).begin_and_end #=> [1, 300] first, last = (300..1).begin_and_end first #=> 300 last #=> 1 ``` I believe this would be a great addition to Ranges as they are often used to pass around a single object used to hold endpoints, and this allows easier retrieval of those endpoints. This would allow easier deconstruction into start and end values using array deconstruction as well as a simpler way to serialize to a more primitive object such as an array for database storage. This implementation was suggested by @mame in my initial feature suggestion regarding range deconstruction: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20027 This implementation would work similar to how `#minmax` works where it returns an array of two numbers, however the difference is that `#minmax` doesn't work with reverse ranges as @Dan0042 pointed out in the link above: ```ruby (1..42).minmax #=> [1, 42] (42..1).minmax #=> [nil, nil] ``` -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/