From: Yukihiro Matsumoto Date: 2009-11-05T00:59:41+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby doesn't implement x++ for Fixnum's because ??? Hi, In message "Re: Ruby doesn't implement x++ for Fixnum's because ???" on Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:31:46 +0900, Marnen Laibow-Koser writes: |I believe you are quite wrong. If a destructive function like gsub! can |be implemented as a method, then I see no reason that +=, |=, or postfix |++ couldn't be. Only if you accept the language that can change the value of 1 to 2. I don't. matz.