From: Yukihiro Matsumoto Date: 2004-11-06T00:07:16+09:00 Subject: Re: [self.]setter vs. local variable initialization Hi, In message "Re: [self.]setter vs. local variable initialization" on Fri, 5 Nov 2004 23:58:44 +0900, "itsme213" writes: |Will Ruby 2.0 continue to interpret | x = 5 |as initializing a local variable vs. calling a setter method? It will. x = 5 will be always interpreted as local variable assignment, even when x= setter is defined. matz.