From: "Brian Schröder" <ruby.brian@...>
Date: 2005-03-04T00:35:13+09:00
Subject: Re: post inc problem

> Well, that's part of what I forgot to mention; had a scrum meeting
> coming up and forgot to finish the email.
> 
> Since Ruby's variables don't actually occupy "space" (as objects do),
> then #@++ wouldn't do any good in any case, which leaves you with the
> syntax sugar. Maybe a combination, if we really wanted this:
> 
>   a++ # actually: a = a.@++
>   ++a # actually: a = a.@++@
> 
> Or something. But that makes it even less acceptable, as the amount of
> magic required to do that is very high.

This may be a dumb question, but what is the meaning of the @ in your
expression?

regards,

Brian


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