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

> Hi,
> 
> In message "[ruby-talk:01229] A vote for old behavior"
>     on 00/02/03, Dave Thomas <Dave / thomases.com> writes:
> 
> |Could I put in a vote for a return to the old behavior of 'gsub!' ?
> |
> |Sometimes it's nice to be able to write
> |
> |  1 while gsub!(....)
> |
> |(for example while matching nested syntactical constructs)
> 
> After discussing seriously at ruby-dev mail list, I changed my mind
> (again) to restore old behavior.  Sorry for confusion I may cause.

So, just to confirm - sub! and gsub! will return nil if there's no
change.

Thanks for considering the change.

Dave