A simplified version of the logic used in the function before my fix is as follow:
```ruby
result = []
things = [0,1,2,3]
max_values = 2
every = (things.size.to_f / max_values).ceil
things.each_with_index do |t, index|
next unless (t % every) === 0
result << t
end
p result # [0, 2]
# 3 doesn’t get included
```
The problem is that if you get unlucky two times you won't get last tuple(s) and might get a very erroneous date.
Double unlucky:
- last tuple index % computed every !== 0 and you don't get the last tuple
- the last tuple is related to a post with a very different date than the previous tuples (on year difference in our case)
This reduces chances of errors where consumers of strings mutate inputs
and reduces memory usage of the app.
Test suite passes now, but there may be some stuff left, so we will run
a few sites on a branch prior to merging
Joffrey JAFFEUX
Sam Saffron
Guo Xiang Tan
Guo Xiang Tan
Robin Ward