From: Michael Neumann <neumann@...>
Date: 2001-08-26T00:04:46+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:20375] Re: attribute setting method white space, bug?

Zarkon wrote:
> Hi,
> I am using ruby 1.6.4 (2001-06-04) [i386-cygwin] , it's for windows
> and it's alpha.
> Reading and using the tutorial from programming ruby, I came across
> the following example
> 
> def durationInMinutes=(value)
>   ......
> 
> I put in some extra white space like this
> 
> def durationInMinutes = (value)
>   ......
> 
> I got the following result
> 
> D:\ruby\ont\Song.rb:14: parse error
> def durationInMinutes =(value)
> 
> Now it looks like a bug to me, but I'm to much of a newbie
> comments?

The method name is "durationInMinutes=", this is found in anObject.methods, or
you can use this in obj.send.

I wouldn't call it a bug. The parser expects the method name as one piece. 

Note you can also write:

  def durationInMinutes= value
    ....
  end

Assigning a value to it is different; you can add extra whitespaces:

  obj.durationInMinutes = "hallo"


Regards,

  Michael

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