From: Maksim Bartenev <bartenev@...>
Date: 2006-12-15T01:19:03+09:00
Subject: Re:

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Whoops. Sorry about that.

Here's the actual code:

class Parent

  def dummy
    "dummy"
  end

  def dummy=(arg)
    puts 'weird stuff'
    "dummy="
  end

  def set_dummy(arg)
    "set_dummy"
  end

end

class Child < Parent

  def try_dummy1
    puts(dummy)
  end

  def try_dummy2
    puts(dummy = true)
  end

  def try_dummy3
    puts(set_dummy(true))
  end

end

c = Child.new
puts "#"
c.try_dummy1
puts "#"
puts(c.dummy)
puts "#"
c.try_dummy2
puts "#"
puts(c.dummy = true)
puts "#"
c.try_dummy3
puts "#"
puts(c.set_dummy(true))
class Parent

  def dummy
    "dummy"
  end

  def dummy=(arg)
    puts 'weird stuff'
    "dummy="
  end

  def set_dummy(arg)
    "set_dummy"
  end

end

class Child < Parent

  def try_dummy1
    puts(dummy)
  end

  def try_dummy2
    puts(dummy = true)
  end

  def try_dummy3
    puts(set_dummy(true))
  end

end

c = Child.new
puts "#"
c.try_dummy1
puts "#"
puts(c.dummy)
puts "#"
c.try_dummy2
puts "#"
puts(c.dummy = true)
puts "#"
c.try_dummy3
puts "#"
puts(c.set_dummy(true))


On 12/14/06, pat eyler <pat.eyler@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/14/06, Maksim Bartenev <bartenev@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I'm quite new to ruby language. Can anyone please explain why in the
> > attached ruby code the setter methods return their argument instead of
> the
> > last statement's value, and the string 'weird stuff' gets output only
> once?
>
> I think you attached the wrong Ruby code.   It's probably better to just
> post
> the code in your email (unless it's really large).
>
>

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