From: RichardOnRails <RichardDummyMailbox58407@...>
Date: 2009-11-08T08:10:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby doesn't implement x++ for Fixnum's because ???

On Nov 4, 4:59 pm, Yukihiro Matsumoto <m...@ruby-lang.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In message "Re: Ruby doesn't implement x++ for Fixnum's because ???"
>     on Thu, 5 Nov 2009 04:25:05 +0900, RichardOnRails <RichardDummyMailbox58...@USComputerGurus.com> writes:
>
> |BTW,  I'm not advocating x++ for Ruby.  I'm just trying to understand
> |whether Ruby would literally change 1 to 2 as opposed to change a
> |variable that contains 1 to subsequently contain 2.
>
> There's no way to modify local variables by sending message in Ruby.
>
>                                                         matz.

Thanks for your response, Matz.
I've got to study David Black's book more thoroughly.

Best wishes,
Richard