From: Stephane Wirtel <stephane.wirtel@...>
Date: 2008-02-21T21:54:55+09:00
Subject: How to define the assignment operator in Ruby ?

Hi all,

How to define the assignment operator for a class ?

irb(main):012:0> class Test
irb(main):013:1>   def = other
irb(main):014:2>     puts other.class
irb(main):015:2>     end
irb(main):016:1>   end
SyntaxError: compile error
(irb):13: syntax error, unexpected '='
def = other
      ^
(irb):16: syntax error, unexpected kEND, expecting $end from (irb):16

Is there a way to solve my issue ?

Where is my mistake ?

I don't believe that's possible to assign something to an instance

Best Regards,

Stephane