Accessing a value in a method using *

Question

In a method definition, when * is used in the following manner, what does it mean?

def foo(*)
   ...
end

I understand the foll

Answer 1

In the first case it just allows calling with arbitrary arguments and discards them.

The second case assigns any called arguments to args

Answer 2

It means "take and discard any number of parameters".

Both definitions are technically the same, but not giving a name to the argument array means you can't access it.