From: Devin Mullins <twifkak@...>
Date: 2005-10-08T12:23:04+09:00
Subject: Re: select! not present but reject! is

Devin Mullins wrote:

> David A. Black wrote:
>
>> The ! doesn't mean that a method modifies the receiver in place,
>> though, but rather that this is a "dangerous" version of the method
>> and should be used carefully.  The "danger" often has to do with
>> in-place change, but ! itself doesn't mean that.
>
> True, but the large majority of ! methods are simply in-place 
> equivalents of their non-bang friends:

Wow. I just executed circular logic perfectly! Good night, all.

Devin
(Also, apologies to those who didn't want to see a curse word in my last 
email. Really, judgment impaired. Good night. :)