From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2003-05-06T10:15:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Variable/Method ambiguity

On Tuesday, May 6, 2003, 10:49:44 AM, Gennady wrote:

> Pickaxe p.212 explains the subject well enough, however here's an interesting case:

> class Test
>   def name=(name)
>     puts "Called 'name=' ..."
>   end
>   def test
>     name = "aaa"
>   end
> end

> Test.new.test

> I would expect to see "Called 'name=' ...", as Ruby can realize here
> that method "name=" is available and call it. However, nothing is
> printed, meaning that an assignment to local variable "name" took
> place.


Use self.name = "aaa" to call the method.  I'll leave it to others to
comment on perceived inconsistency.

Cheers,
Gavin