From: Holden Glova <dsafari@...>
Date: 2002-05-08T19:39:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Why is this a SyntaxError ?

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On Wed, 08 May 2002 21:57, David.Moriano@gmx.net wrote:
> Hi, suppose this dummy class:
>
> class A
>   def <<(o = :_only_a_block_, &block)
>     return o if o != :_only_a_block_
>     return block[] if block
>   end
> end
>
> a = A.new
>
> Then, this is ok:
>   a.send('<<') { 'hello dummy' } => 'hello dummy'
>
> but this ...
>   a << { 'hello dummy' } => SyntaxError: compile error
>
> why this not?

I would gather that the << is not being bound to the object a. The following 
seems to work:

irb(main):017:0> a.<<() { 'hello dummy' }
"hello dummy"
irb(main):018:0> a.<< { 'hello dummy' }
"hello dummy"

Hope this helps some.
- -- 
Signed,
Holden Glova
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