[libxml-devel] << operator

[Charlie Savage]

> A contrived example, but this code absolutely irritates the shit out of me:
> 
> Class F
>   def a=(b)
>     @z = b + 1
>     return @z
>   end
>   def a
>     return @z
>   end
> end
> 
> f = F.new
> x = f.a = 1
> p f.a  # Prints 2
> p x    # Prints 1

That's bizarre.  What is going on there?  Print statement show that def 
a= is called before def a, so can x ever be set to 1?

Charlie
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