On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 05:50:26 GMT,
Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz / ruby-lang.org> wrote:
> 
> I think you meant Integer#prev.
> 
> I'm not sure how much useful it is.  And I'm (little bit) afraid of it
> might cause request for String#prev, which is way difficult to define.
> 

Hi matz,

IMO the *only* way to define String#prev is such that
aString.prev.succ == aString.succ.prev == aString.

Everything else would probably cause serious problems.

bye,
s.
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