From: "Mills Thomas (app1tam)" <app1tam@...>
Date: 2002-10-24T00:23:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (10/16/02)

But why does it really, REALLY mean that?  Was there a reason for doing
this?  Is it non-trivial to have '+=' mean 'append()'?

Drew

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hal E. Fulton [mailto:hal9000@hypermetrics.com] 
> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 11:18 PM
> To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
> Subject: Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (10/16/02)
> 
> 
> It's a feature. :) The notation a+=b really, REALLY 
> means a = a + b. There is a + operator, but never a
> += operator, in Ruby (or any other assignment).
> 
> Hal
> 
>