From: ts Date: 2005-03-04T00:48:40+09:00 Subject: Re: post inc problem >>>>> "B" == =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Brian Schr=F6der?= writes: B> This may be a dumb question, but what is the meaning of the @ in your B> expression? uln% ruby -e 'class A; def +@() "unary operator" end end; puts +A.new' unary operator uln% Guy Decoux