From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2002-07-17T02:36:40+09:00
Subject: Re: TkText no -textvariable workaround?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Thomas" <Dave@PragmaticProgrammer.com>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: TkText no -textvariable workaround?


> Dossy <dossy@panoptic.com> writes:
> 
> > Speaking academically, the receiver is object a, the method is =(x).
> 
> What is the class of 'object a' _before_ the assignment?

:)

What is the sound of one hand clapping? What is the color
of an unexposed roll of film? What is the speed of sound 
in a vacuum?

But seriously, I think Dossy is mistaken... except in the
special case of attribute writers and accessors, assignment
is never considered to be a method call in Ruby. Correct?

Hal Fulton