From: chiaro scuro <kiaroskuro@...>
Date: 2006-02-28T22:14:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Subclassing Struct.new

On 2/28/06, Ross Bamford <rossrt@roscopeco.co.uk> wrote:
> This local variable isn't yet initialized (the n + 1 would be it's
> initializer), so n + 1 ends up being nil + 1, or (effectively) nil.+(1),
> hence the "undefined method '+' for nil:NilClass".
>
> Using self.n = 1 forces Ruby to treat the assignment as involving the
> method 'n' on 'self'.
>
> I don't think it's a bug, but I know it's tripped people (including me)
> up before. From the implementation point of view it's probably the
> lesser of two evils, though.

It's really unrubesque and tricky.  What would be the consequences of
handling it as you would normally expect?  What would the side effects
be?


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