From: Neville Franks <subs@...>
Date: 2007-01-26T09:17:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby language question

Stefano Crocco wrote:
> Alle 01:02, venerd狸 26 gennaio 2007, Neville Franks ha scritto:
>>      end
>>    end
>>
>> None of the reference material I've found so far shows this. I saw it in
>> the documentation for: attr(symbol, writable=false) => nil
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Neville
> 
> def size=(val) is simply the definition of a method called size=, which
> accepts the parameter val. It's the ruby way of allowing write access to 
> an
> instance variable. Its role is similar to C++ setter functions. When you
> write
> 
>   an_object.var=2
> 
> I hope this answers your question.
> 
> Stefano

Stefano, thanks that makes sense. I guess it is a more like operator 
overloading in C++, maybe!

Would you expect to see the method listed as: size= in a Class Viewer or 
just size ?



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