From: "Kontra, Gergely" <kgergely@...>
Date: 2002-10-19T00:42:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (10/16/02)

>   13. Ruby variables hold references to objects and the = operator
>       copies the references. Also, a self assignment such as a += b is
>       actually translated to a = a + b. Therefore it may be advisable to
>       be aware whether in a certain operation you are actually creating
>       a new object or modifying an existing one.

>    a. In Ruby the "self assignment operator" goes beyond "+=, -=, *=,
>       /=, %=". In particular, operators such as "||=" also exist (but
>       currently not for a class variable if it is not yet defined; this
>       may change in the future). Please see Table 18.4 in the
>       "Programming Ruby" book for the complete list.

Also notice (performance tip), that
string << "another" is much faster than string+="another" (no extra
object creation)
so you should use any class-defined update-method, if exists.

Gergo
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