From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2007-06-01T20:30:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby bug in +=?

On 01.06.2007 09:15, Michael Hollins wrote:
> zarawesome@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Jun 1, 3:00 am, james.d.mast...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> Rewrite this longhand as:
>>>
>>> $list = [];
>>> $list = $list + [function()];
>>>
>>> Which really means:
>>>
>>> $list = [] + ["d"]
>>
>> Yeah, figured. It's just odd, and allows for some nice obfuscated
>> coding.
>>
>>
> 
> I'd suggest what's making for the obfuscated code here is not +=, but 
> the use of a global variable and a function that has side effects.
> 
> The behavior of += doesn't seem odd to me. I'd say it's well defined.

Absolutely agree!  The code presented is pretty weird and far from 
straight forward IMHO.

Kind regards

	robert