From: Colin Steele <colin@...2.com>
Date: 2001-05-23T05:05:25+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:15552] array.last and array[array.size - 1] not equivalent?


Avi Bryant <avi@beta4.com> wrote: 

>Well,
>
>a.last += 'x' 
>a.last = a.last + 'x'
>a.send("last=", a.last + 'x')

>and there's no "last=" method in Array.  Or are you saying there should
>be?

No.  Just from the intuitive standpoint - least surprise principle -
that a.last += 'x' should do what a[a.size - 1] += 'x' does.

Or is this just me? :)

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