From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2003-12-19T10:33:39+09:00
Subject: Re: overloading << operator

Hi --

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Carl Youngblood wrote:

> How do I create a class that will allow me to pass a string, for 
> example, to an instance of it using the << operator?  Like this:
> 
> #==================================
> class Logger
>     include Singleton
> ....
> end
> $logger = Logger.instance
> ....
> $logger << "Here is a log message"
> #==================================

<< is just a method, so you can redefine it:

class Logger
  def <<(s)
    # do something with s
  end
end


David

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David A. Black
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