From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-10-07T00:28:10+09:00
Subject: Re: foo= ... the only exception to the implicit-self rule ?

On Oct 6, 2005, at 9:20 AM, David A. Black wrote:

> It's always the case that
>
>   bareword = <anything>
>
> is parsed as a local variable assignment, not a method call.

You're right, of course.

I was thinking of how Ruby cleverly distinguishes local variables  
from method calls (described on page 329 of the Pickaxe2) and  
confused myself.  Sorry for the noise.

James Edward Gray II