From: Martin Duerst <duerst@...>
Date: 2007-10-13T13:13:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Defining unicode methods

At 11:59 07/10/13, Daniel Berger wrote:

>But the following code does not work with -KU:
>
>class Numeric
>   # Identical To (U+2261)
>   def �(num)
>      self == num
>   end
>end
>
>p 7 � 7
>
>The last example results in:
>
>syntax error, unexpected tIDENTIFIER, expecting kEND
>
>Why do the first examples work, while the last one does not?

did you try 7.� 7 ?

Even something like:

class Numeric
  def u2261 (num)
    self == num
  end
end

p 7 u2261 7

won't work, you have to write:
p 7.u2261 7

� is an identifier, but it's not an operator.

Regards,     Martin.


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