From: Stephen White <spwhite@...>
Date: 2001-08-01T23:31:25+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:18961] Re: Using "@" as a method name?

On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Stephen White wrote:

>   class Object
>     def ex str
>       str * 3
>     end
>   end

And what would be better would be:

  class String
    def ex
      self * 3
    end
  end

>   myvar = ex "A sample string"

is now written as:

  myvar = "A sample string".ex

> There will always be some things that are shorter in another language.

Haven't changed my mind there. :)

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