From: Jack Dempsey <dempsejn@...>
Date: 2001-12-19T02:31:24+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:28882] Re: C++ preincrement operator

yeah i agree, to be honest i was kinda surprised they didn't operate under
the POLS

-----Original Message-----
From: zzz@cisco.com [mailto:zzz@cisco.com]On Behalf Of Michael Cook
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 12:24 PM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: [ruby-talk:28881] Re: C++ preincrement operator


"Jack Dempsey" <dempsejn@georgetown.edu> writes:

> so basically you're suggesting that any amount of stacking -'s or +'s past
> one should produce a warning...i'm sure this could be combined into the
> existing parser; however, are there possible situations where you might
want
> a ++object? i don't know, can't think of one myself...

i think ruby should at least reserve ++ and -- for future use.
that is, parse ++ as a single token, likewise --, and then any use
of them would just result in a syntax error.

m.