From: Alex Combas <alex.combas@...>
Date: 2006-01-26T13:20:59+09:00
Subject: Re: class variable weirdness

hi David

On 1/25/06, dblack@wobblini.net <dblack@wobblini.net> wrote:
> > Can anyone explain why this is happening?
> [...]
> > puts "%s, %s" % (C.up,C.foo=10)
>
> You need an array there: [C.up, C.foo=10].  The way you've got it,
> what's happening is that it's being parsed as two assignments:
>
>    C.up = 10
>    C.foo = nil
>

Thanks I appreciate the quick reply, I think the () was a bit of
python showing its roots.
What I would like to do now is get instances of those classes and use the
methods that I've defined but I cant figure out how, without changing the class.

class A
  @@foo=1
  def self.foo=(n)
    @@foo = n
  end
end
puts "%s" % A.foo=10
a = A.new
#this does not work for an instance
#puts "%s" % a.foo=10


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