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authorrhe <rhe@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2017-10-22 04:19:03 +0000
committerrhe <rhe@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2017-10-22 04:19:03 +0000
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doc/syntax/methods.rdoc: fix a misleading example
As a bonus, wrap a long line added by r60295. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@60346 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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@@ -147,14 +147,14 @@ evaluated.
1 + 1 # this expression is never evaluated
end
-Note that for assignment methods the return value will be ignored when using the assignment syntax.
-Instead, the argument will be returned:
+Note that for assignment methods the return value will be ignored when using
+the assignment syntax. Instead, the argument will be returned:
def a=(value)
return 1 + value
end
- p(a = 5) # prints 5
+ p(self.a = 5) # prints 5
The actual return value will be returned when invoking the method directly: