From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2003-04-12T01:58:00+09:00
Subject: Re: rb_str_chomp or rb_str_strip

>>>>> "J" == Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org> writes:

J> is #chomp! called via:

J>   res = rb_funcall2(str, rb_intern("chomp!"), 0, 0);

J> If so, is str modified or is res the new string?

 str is modified, res is str if chomp! was successfull or nil 

 Like ruby :-)

pigeon% ruby -e 'a = "aaa"; b = a.chomp!; p a, b'
"aaa"
nil
pigeon% 

pigeon% ruby -e 'a = "aaa\n"; b = a.chomp!; p a, b; b[1]="x"; p a, b'
"aaa"
"aaa"
"axa"
"axa"
pigeon% 


Guy Decoux