From: "Hal E. Fulton" Date: 2001-09-05T01:35:50+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:20873] Re: RCR: non-bang equivalent to []= > 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." ;) :) Hey, there are no little minds on this mailing list... ;) Hal