From: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@...>
Date: 2001-09-04T23:09:42+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:20868] Re: RCR: non-bang equivalent to []=

Hal E. Fulton wrote:


> It was Ralph Waldo Emerson who said, "A foolish consistency is the
> hobgoblin of little minds."


... but in this case may at least help beginners. (if it's not 
implemented too "foolishly")

To me, a unilateral bang-notation falls under
> the heading of a fooolish consistency. (It's interesting to note that even
> one of the proponents of this policy advocated several exceptions to it.)


Sure there are exceptions. It was Ralph Waldo Emerson who said, "A 
foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." ;)

Tobi
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