From: Benoit Cerrina Date: 2001-12-30T21:18:19+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:29720] Re: Ruby and variables (was Re: Perl/Python Module Porting) > One could wonder why you can do: > > first_name.downcase! > > ..while you can't do: > > angle.to_rad! (or angle.deg2rad!) or int.succ! Benoit