From: Mark Sparshatt <msparshatt@...>
Date: 2004-05-01T03:12:30+09:00
Subject: Re: def [](v) xx; return yy; end # returned value is ignored !?

Mark Hubbart wrote:

>
> On Apr 30, 2004, at 9:12 AM, Jean-Hugues ROBERT wrote:
>
>> Am I missing something ?
>
>
> Short answer: assignment always returns the value assigned, regardless 
> of the return value of the function assigned to.
>
> If you REALLY need to get around this, try:
>
>   Test.new.send(:[]=, "hello")

Actually there's an easier way, you can just use

Test.new.[]= "hello"

>
> This eliminates the actual assignment, and treats it as a simple 
> method call. The return value is respected.
>
> HTH,
> --Mark
>
>