From: Charles O Nutter <headius@...>
Date: 2006-08-29T04:03:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Legal operator symbols

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On 8/28/06, Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@path.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
> That's true, but there is this strangeness:
>
> irb(main):020:0> x = []
> => []
> irb(main):021:0> class <<x; define_method(:"=") do; 4; end; end
> => #<Proc:0xb7c875e0@(irb):21>
> irb(main):022:0> x.send(:"=")
> => 4


And then:

irb(main):003:0> x.send(:"=")
=> 4
irb(main):004:0> x
=> []

You can define a method using the :"=" symbol, but it will never be called
in response to =.

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