From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2005-12-15T14:57:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Time.utc! and Time.localtime!

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 dblack@wobblini.net wrote:

> There are lots of methods in Ruby that change the receiver without ending in
> !.  For example, String#replace, which doesn't end in !  because then there
> would have to be a non-"dangerous" version of "replacing" a string's
> content, and that doesn't make sense.

but surely

   "string".replace "soft fluffy bunnies"

isn't dangerous!?!?

sorry.  couldn't resist.

-a
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