From: Sebastian Hungerecker <sepp2k@...>
Date: 2007-09-03T20:58:18+09:00
Subject: Re: assigning to hash keys when there is a default value?

Russell Norris wrote:
> x ||= y just means give me x or set x to y if there's no value for x.

Maybe it does, but if we follow the logic that x op= y is a shortcut for
x = x op y, what it *should* mean is: set x to y if there's no value for
x, otherwise set it to itself.


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