From: Glenn Parker <glenn.parker@...>
Date: 2005-03-23T01:46:37+09:00
Subject: Re: RCR 296: Destructive methods return self

Hal Fulton wrote:
> I would almost suggest what I once suggested as a joke: Combine the ! and ?
> suffixes.
> 
>    gsub!  returns self
>    gsub!? returns self or nil  (yes, it looks silly)

Not all that silly looking, IMHO.

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