From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2008-08-31T20:33:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Please don't flame me...why is there no "++" in Ruby aga

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 11:56 PM, John Pritchard-williams
<monojohnny@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> ... and as Integers are immutable ++ cannot change the underlying object..
>
> That makes sense : and I guess 'x++'=> x+1 would be just confusing..
>
> I mean like this:
>
> a+=1 (which of course IS valid)
>
> a++ - could in theory mean "Take the value pointed at by a currently,
> increment it and re-point 'a' at that new object"...
>
> but then people might abuse it and not realize (as I hadn't really) that
> Integers are immutable...and give the garbage collector a really hard
> time...
Do you mean, people should not write
a = a + 1
because of GC issues??????
Robert
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