From: Eleanor McHugh <eleanor@...>
Date: 2009-07-01T21:28:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Making a random string

On 1 Jul 2009, at 12:44, David A. Black wrote:
> I don't think the distinction is between success and failure, though.
> (str="ABC").upcase! succeeds -- it just doesn't change str. (I'm not a
> huge fan of the nil returns either, by the way.)
>
> Of course there's always:
>
>  str = "ABC"
>  str.tap(&:upcase!)
>
> :-)

I'm still adjusting to these 1.9 conveniences ;)


Ellie

Eleanor McHugh
Games With Brains
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raise ArgumentError unless @reality.responds_to? :reason