matz / netlab.co.jp (Yukihiro Matsumoto) writes:

> Hi,
> 
> In message "[ruby-talk:01054] .."
>     on 00/01/05, Dave Thomas <Dave / thomases.com> writes:
> 
> |  If I override '..', is it true that I can only use it in functional
> |  form? The parser seems to have operator .. hard coded to be a Range.
> 
> Yes, and no.
> 
>   * operator .. and ... are hard coded, so you can only call it by
>     using `send'.  So answer should be yes for the current
>     interpreter.

Thanks - that makes sense, although I did discover that

  a. .. b

does invoke the .. method too!


Dave


ps. Is there a some significance to the sheep and hummingbird symbols
at the top of the pages in the Ruby book? My wife wants to know. ;-)