From: ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2004-02-01T04:39:52+09:00
Subject: Re: No difference between .. and ... flip/flop operators?

In article <45F0D15E-5404-11D8-83F8-000A95CD7A8E@talbott.ws>,
Nathaniel Talbott  <nathaniel@talbott.ws> wrote:
>On Jan 31, 2004, at 09:38, Michael campbell wrote:
>
>> Dan Doel wrote:
>>
>>> However, regarding this and your last mail, I believe Matz is 
>>> considering taking out flip-flops
>>
>> Which is a darn shame.
>
>previous.sub(/a darn shame/, 'wonderful')
>
>This rubyist will be much happier when the flip-flop is _buried_.
>

Why?  Care to elaborate?  If you don't like them, you don't have to use 
them, right?  But if you do like the feature it saves a good bit of 
coding.

Phil