From: MonkeeSage <MonkeeSage@...>
Date: 2007-12-04T21:34:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Why are "Array#push" and "pop" not "push!" and "pop!"?

On Dec 4, 5:23 am, MonkeeSage <MonkeeS...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 4, 3:02 am, "David A. Black" <dbl...@rubypal.com> wrote:
>
> > They inherently change their receivers, but that's a separate matter
> > from the !.
>
> Well...99% of the time it is, except when the ! only serves to
> indicate that it operates in-place (String#reverse!, Hash#update!, and
> probably a few others I can't think of offhand*). That's why I
> characterized the ! as "either-or-both" regarding in-place/dangerous.
> Even if it's not a good idea or breaks with the common usage, it is
> used that way at least a few times in stdlib.
>
> * Oh yeah, and I just remembered #power! (on Bignum I think) which
> isn't dangerous and doesn't modify the receiver...it just raises to a
> power. Where the heck did the bang come from?!
>
> Regards,
> Jordan

Few more methods where the bang only indicates in-place operation:

String#succ!, Array#reverse!, Array#collect!, Array#sort!

Regards,
Jordan