From: Gary Wright Date: 2009-07-11T15:12:32+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:24259] Re: [Bug #1747] Immediate Values Can be Frozen On Jul 11, 2009, at 1:11 AM, Run Paint Run Run wrote: > Defining instance methods on Fixnum instances seems a particularly > contrived case, even for ruby-core. ;-) I agree but if Fixnums can have instance variables then it seems to me you have to support frozen and unfrozen states. If you want Fixnums to always be frozen by definition then you've got to toss out the idea that they can have instance variables. I'm arguing for logical consistency.