From: "Iñaki Baz Castillo" <ibc@...>
Date: 2008-05-08T21:42:29+09:00
Subject: Why can't I redefine "<<" method to allow two parameters?

Hi, very exrtange:


class MyArray < Array
  alias original_add <<
  def <<(n,k)
    original_add "#{n}: #{k}"
  end
end

my_array = MyArray.new
=> []

my_array << ("Header", "Value")

SyntaxError: compile error
(irb):25: syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting ')'
my_array << ("Header", "Value")
                         ^


Any reason for this? It seems that << is a littled "hardcoded", isn't?

-- 
Iñaki Baz Castillo
<ibc@aliax.net>