From: Philip Mak <pmak@...>
Date: 2002-06-10T11:28:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting method! for free from method

On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 11:19:16AM +0900, Ned Konz wrote:
> > def method
> > 	# do something
> > end
> >
> > Is there a shortcut for telling ruby to define method! for me?
> 
> No. How would it know what you wanted method!() to do?

I was thinking of something like this:

#define o.method!(x) o = o.method(x)

meaning that for example this code:

x = "hello"
x.upcase!

would be interpreted like this:

x = "hello"
x = x.upcase