Fun with Ruby

[Indivara]

I'm debugging a ruby program, while learning the language at the same time. First impressions - :wtf: :omg: :doh: Here are a few WTFs * Whitespace alters behavior a + b adds a to b (variables) a +b calls method a * Reserved words can be used as method names * Methods can be eclipsed by variables with the same name

def foo
puts "I am a method"
end

followed by

foo=42
puts foo

will output 42 * Methods return the value of the last statement by default I'm sure there are many more. You folks who have to deal with this every day have my deepest condolences.

[Mycroft Holmes]

I remember back in the early 90s I was using a product called SuperBase, I debugged to a line of code and was getting a really weird error, there was nothing wrong with the code, it was really simple but it was throwing an error on that line. I tried everything I could think of and eventually deleted the line and retyped it. Never saw the error again. Really weird...

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

[5imone]

Reading the title I thought: Oh no! Silvio(*) has joined CP, may be I should leave ... *For Italians it is easier to understand

[Lost User]

5imone wrote:

For Italians it is easier to understand

Oh, all of us Europeans know Silvio; he is the man we all aspire to be. ;)

[Indivara]

For me, sometimes MS Word does the red squiggly line thing showing a spelling mistake, even when the word is clearly correct. Deleting and rewriting it exactly the same causes the squiggle to go away.

[peterkmx]

Ha ha this is a good one ... upvoted. Cheers