Enumerable#find returns an enumerator?

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Hello all.
I would have expected that

[1,2,3].find(3)

just return me the element 3, not an enumerator, since it will at most
return me one item, so it doesn't seem very "enumerable" to me (at most
one item).

Thoughts?
-r

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Enumerable#find returns an enumerator? Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@gmail.com> - 2011-05-10 13:48 -0500
  Re: Enumerable#find returns an enumerator? Chris Hulan <chris.hulan@gmail.com> - 2011-05-10 11:56 -0700
  Re: Enumerable#find returns an enumerator? Jeremy Bopp <jeremy@bopp.net> - 2011-05-10 14:12 -0500
  Re: Enumerable#find returns an enumerator? Lars Schirrmeister <l.schirrmeister@gmx.de> - 2011-05-10 15:33 -0500
    Re: Enumerable#find returns an enumerator? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-10 23:23 +0200
      Re: Enumerable#find returns an enumerator? Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> - 2011-05-11 03:43 -0500
        Re: Enumerable#find returns an enumerator? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-11 05:54 -0500
          Re: Enumerable#find returns an enumerator? Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> - 2011-05-11 07:47 -0500
            Re: Enumerable#find returns an enumerator? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-11 19:13 +0200
            Re: Enumerable#find returns an enumerator? 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-11 15:08 -0500
              Re: Enumerable#find returns an enumerator? Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> - 2011-05-13 03:20 -0500
  Re: Enumerable#find returns an enumerator? 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-10 15:39 -0500
    Re: Enumerable#find returns an enumerator? Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com> - 2011-05-10 18:13 -0500

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