From: Paul Brannan <pbrannan@...>
Date: 2002-08-10T03:05:27+09:00
Subject: Re: ambiguity between local variable assignment and writter method

On Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 03:00:28AM +0900, Tom Sawyer wrote:
> does anyone else find it annoying that local variable assignment is
> indistinguishable from a writter method.
> 
>   def localvar=(x)
>     @localvar = x
>   end
> 
>   plv = Proc.new { |x|
>     localvar = x

Why not use:

      self.localvar = x

>   }
> 
>   plv.call('whatever')

Paul