It's a bit confusing that splat is being used in an atypical manner - I've usually seen it used to designate an argument aggregator.

     [1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6201657/what-does-splats-mean-in-the-coffeescript-tutorial
     [2] http://endofline.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/the-strange-ruby-splat/
     [3] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5917522/unzipping-and-the-operator