How does ruby parse/detect self.name= methods?

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Hello.

I am a bit confused.

With this class:

class A
def go=(something)
  p 'in go='
end

def test_go
   go=3
end
end

A.new.test_go # does not call go=
A.new.go=3 # does call go=

But it seems like I never run into this problem...so...how does Ruby
*ever* call a local :method= type method, since they're always
ambiguous? Or are they?
Thanks!
-roger-

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`go=3' is _always_ a local variable assignment. No way to prevent
that. What you can do is to tell Ruby the receiver:

  def test_go
    self.go=3
  end

This forces Ruby to look up the #go= method on self directly,
bypassing the local variable guess.

Vale,
Marvin

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Am 11.04.2012 20:01, schrieb Roger Pack:

Hello.

I am a bit confused.

With this class:

class A def go=(something) p 'in go=' end

def test_go go=3 end end

A.new.test_go # does not call go= A.new.go=3 # does call go=

But it seems like I never run into this problem...so...how does
Ruby *ever* call a local :method= type method, since they're
always ambiguous? Or are they? Thanks! -roger-