New subject: [ruby-talk:444020] Re: i++ does not work?

29 Nov 2022

It isn't possible to implement i++, but it is... kinda... possible to 
implement ++i. Take a look at the following code. Just please don't use 
it in production 😉

class IntContainer
   def initialize(value, origref=nil)
     @value = value
     @origref = origref
   end

   def +@
     case @origref
     when nil
       IntContainer.new(+@value, self)
     else
       @origref.value += 1
       @origref
     end
   end

   def -@
     case @origref
     when nil
       IntContainer.new(-@value, self)
     else
       @origref.value -= 1
       @origref
     end
   end

   attr_accessor :value

   def method_missing(meth, ...)
     IntContainer.new((a)value.send(meth, ...))
   end

   def inspect(...) = @value.inspect(...)
   def to_s(...) = @value.to_s(...)
end

int = IntContainer.new(5)
p int + 10
++int
p int
--int
p int

On 10/14/22 19:01, iloveruby wrote:
...
  Is it posible define new method :++ to Integer class?

 Thanks!

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 -------- Mensaje original --------
 El 14 oct 2022 4:53, Martin DeMello < martindemello(a)gmail.com&gt; escribió:

     i++ works in C and similar languages because a variable is a
     concrete object, representing a specific chunk of memory. i++
     increments the contents of that chunk of memory.

     in ruby, a variable is a transparent reference to an object, so
     any operation on a variable is actually an operation on the object
     it points to. i++ would mean "mutate the object i points to by
     incrementing it by 1", and since numbers are immutable you cannot
     do that. on the other hand, "i += 1" is just shorthand for "i =
     i + 1", which means "point the variable i to a new object that is
     1 more than the object it currently points to", which works fine
     with ruby's semantics.

     here's an illustration by contrast with strings, which do have
     mutating methods:

     irb(main):001:0> a = "hello"
     => "hello"
     irb(main):002:0> b = a
     => "hello"
     irb(main):003:0> a.upcase!
     => "HELLO"
     irb(main):004:0> b
     => "HELLO"
     irb(main):005:0> i = 1
     => 1
     irb(main):006:0> j = i
     => 1
     irb(main):007:0* i++ # <- what would you expect j to be after this?

     martin

     On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 7:40 PM Henrik P &lt;henrik(a)simplemail.co.in&gt;
     wrote:

         I found for a int the "++" operator doesn't work in ruby.
         such as,

         i=0
         i++

         not working. but instead it would write as:

         i=0
         i += 1

         so "++" is not supported in ruby really? thanks

         $ ruby -v
         ruby 2.6.3p62 (2019-04-16 revision 67580)
         [universal.x86_64-darwin20]

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[ruby-talk:444017] Re: i++ does not work?