From: Vin Raja <vineetraja@...>
Date: 2007-06-02T12:42:54+09:00
Subject: Is [ ] really a method ?

Hi all,

Well while running down the text I read that [] (used in case Arrays and
Hashes) is actually a method called on that Array/hash object and also
that it can be overridden.

well point taken.

BUT if this is just another case of operator overloading then how come
we can call

 a[1]='item'

rather than calling

 a[]1 ='item'

(Anyways this gave me a syntax error)
Or perhaps it is just another case of Syntactic Sugar?
Or perhaps not, because if that has to be true than the second statement
should also have been true.

So Is [] really a method or is a simple grammar token?

Thanks
Raja

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