From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2002-02-23T11:01:45+09:00
Subject: Re: overriding operator 'or'

Hi,

In message "overriding operator 'or'"
    on 02/02/23, Phil Tomson <ptkwt@shell1.aracnet.com> writes:

|According to "Ruby in a Nutshell" pg 18, 'or' is a nonmethod operator 
|which cannot be overridden.  However, it seems that I CAN override the 
|'or' operator:

You've defined "or" method, but no "or" operator.

  class Foo
    def initialize(value)
      @value = value
    end
    def or(other)
      p "or"
      @value or other
    end
  end

  myfoo = Foo.new(1)
  p myfoo or 0            # builtin "or" operator
  p myfoo.or(0)           # your "or" method

It is confusing, but I won't stop you shooting your foot.

							matz.