From: Dave Burt <dave@...>
Date: 2006-08-06T14:10:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Resubmitting legacy RCR 161

M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> Some time back, RCR 161 was submitted to add a []= method to the Matrix
> class defined in "matrix.rb". Apparently, this was imported from an
> older database and needs to be resubmitted. Can "anyone" (for example,
> me) do that, or does it have to be the original submitter?

The problem with this RCR, if I recall correctly, is that Matrix objects
are immutable, and []= is a mutation operation.

There's room for methods that return a copy of the matrix modified in a
given way, but you can't change self.

Cheers,
Dave