From: Mark Hubbart <discord@...>
Date: 2004-05-01T03:39:11+09:00
Subject: Re: def [](v) xx; return yy; end # returned value is ignored !?


On Apr 30, 2004, at 11:12 AM, Mark Sparshatt wrote:

>> 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"

Ahhh. You're right; I guess it works differently with the brackets.

This behavior will not, however, translate to #foo=()...

   Test.new.foo=("hello")
     ==>"hello"
   Test.new.send(:foo=, "hello")
     ==>nil


regardless, It's not considered kosher to expect a return value from an 
assignment to be different from the value being assigned.

--Mark