From: Matt Armstrong <matt+dated+200201191005.90c12f@...>
Date: 2002-01-15T02:54:10+09:00
Subject: Re: a wishlist for ruby 2.0

"Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> writes:


>> Hello --

>>

>> On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:

>>

>> > * syntax: make foo.bar(2,3,5)=7 mean foo.bar=(2,3,5,7)

>>

>> What's the reasoning behind that?

>

> Not to speak for matju, I can see a logic behind this.  I think 
> he wants to let bar= have other arguments besides the single 
> argument.


Whatever the reason, it certainly violates my principle of least 
surprise.


    foo.bar(2,3,5)=7


parses least surprisingly as


    ((foo.bar)(2,3,5)) = 7


for me.


--

matt