"Jack Dempsey" <dempsejn / georgetown.edu> writes:

> so basically you're suggesting that any amount of stacking -'s or +'s past
> one should produce a warning...i'm sure this could be combined into the
> existing parser; however, are there possible situations where you might want
> a ++object? i don't know, can't think of one myself...

i think ruby should at least reserve ++ and -- for future use.
that is, parse ++ as a single token, likewise --, and then any use
of them would just result in a syntax error.

m.