From: Rob Biedenharn <Rob@...>
Date: 2008-07-01T13:49:55+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby idiom a ||= b means?


On Jul 1, 2008, at 12:31 AM, Ratnavel P S wrote:

> What does the ruby idiom a ||= b mean?
>
> Thanks,
> Ratnavel

It is like:
	a || a = b
See David A. Black's Blog
  http://dablog.rubypal.com/2008/3/25/a-short-circuit-edge-case

-Rob

P.S. Please don't ask the same question on both Rails and Ruby lists/ 
forums.

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