From: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@...>
Date: 2001-09-04T19:20:50+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:20850] Re: RCR: non-bang equivalent to []=


Conrad Schneiker wrote:


> FWIW, I find the _seeming_ semantic inconsistency (or semantic
> non-transparency if you will) to much more annoying than a few extra '!'
> chars.


Me too.

> This is the one of the few features of Ruby that I will probably
> always find annoying.


Do you have a feasible idea, solution, concept, or suggestion?

Maybe something backwards-compatible for Ruby 1 or 2;

or just a set of conventions/rules for new public methods in public 
classes and libraries.

Maybe:

All methods that are bang (that are working with and possibly modifying 
the original(s)) have an '!' appended to their name.
Where it makes sense, non-bang versions (that return a possibly 
modifyied copy and don't touch the original) should be provided, whose 
name doesn't have anthying appended.


Tobi

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