From: tamouse mailing lists <tamouse.lists@...>
Date: 2013-04-15T12:38:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Wondering why no "increment" or "decrement" operator in ruby

On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 10:23 PM, Matthew Kerwin <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Incidentally, if you're using MRI, because of a clever optimisation your
> 'a' variable literally holds the value `1`, not a reference per se.

I guess I don't understand this last part; I can still call an
instance method on a, so it must be more than just a value..., no? As
I can call an instance method on 1. I guess I don't quite get what you
mean by 'value'...