From: Ilan Berci <coder68@...>
Date: 2006-12-15T02:01:02+09:00
Subject: Re:

Ilan Berci wrote:

> 
> This method simply returns a string of "dummy"
> 
>> 
>>   def dummy=(arg)
>>     puts 'weird stuff'
>>     "dummy="
>>   end
>> 
> 
> This method entitled "dummy=" will NOT assign anything to anything and 
> although it looks like a mutator, it isn't.  It will simply print 'weird 
> stuff' and return a string: dummy=
> 
>

Whoops!  my mistake, as Dave mentioned, this method will return the RHS 
and not "dummy=".  This was explicitly mentioned in his book and I now 
hang my head in shame.. sorry for the confusion..

ilan

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