From: J J <jj5412@...>
Date: 2001-05-08T01:40:03+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:14787] Re: Completely freaky behavior

Funny how you post and then find the solution. Thanks to Dave!

Regards,
  JJ

> I've got a class that sets a variable in a method like so:
>     @author = nil
> later, when the variable is printed:
>     puts "Author: #{@author}" unless @author.nil?
> in fact, @author's value is "= nil"      ! if you print the length of
> @author, it is 5!
> in another method, author is assigned like so:
>     when /@author\s+(.*)/
>       @author = $1
> guess what @author's value is? It is "= $1", the length of @author is 4!
>
> WTH?
>
> Any advice?
>
> I've tried distilling it down to a minimal test, but can't. If you'd like
to
> see the whole thing, drop me a line.
>
> Thanks,
>   JJ
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