From: Piers Cawley <pdcawley@...>
Date: 2001-08-16T23:17:44+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:19901] Re: Why not?: Assigning to self

Dave Thomas <Dave@PragmaticProgrammer.com> writes:
> I still don't see this. There's no difference between your two classes
> except they sometimes become one another. Why not

Once again, I point at my 'state machine' example as an instance where
'becoming' could be useful. The 'square'/'rectangle' thing is, as you
point out, silly.

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Piers Cawley
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