From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2004-02-13T05:44:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Return value of foo=

Hi,

In message "Return value of foo="
    on 04/02/13, Gavin Kistner <gavin@refinery.com> writes:

|The question is, is it possible to change the return value of a foo= 
|method to NOT be the argument?

The value of assignment is defined to be its right hand value, even
when it calls a method internally.  You need to call "date=" method
explicitly to receive return value, e.g.

  puts t3.send(:date=, 11)

							matz.