From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2001-05-07T17:28:21+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:14759] Re: I can't use -w because of date.rb

Hi,

In message "[ruby-talk:14756] Re: I can't use -w because of date.rb"
    on 01/05/07, Renald Buter <buter@CWTS.LeidenUniv.nl> writes:

|I am seeing the same thing here. Anyone has a suggestion how to solve it?

This might solve it.  Probably more general "||=" solution is better,
but it works anyway.
							matz.


--- lib/date.rb	2001/01/18 08:43:12	1.7
+++ lib/date.rb	2001/05/06 15:04:52	1.8
@@ -204,3 +204,6 @@
 	  def #{id.id2name}(*args, &block)
-	    (@__#{id.to_i}__ ||= [__#{id.to_i}__(*args, &block)])[0]
+	    unless defined? @__#{id.to_i}__
+	      @__#{id.to_i}__ = __#{id.to_i}__(*args, &block)
+	    end
+	    @__#{id.to_i}__
 	  end