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2010/6/14 Roger Pack <>:
> I read this once:
>
> Operator ||=3D can be shorthand for code like:
> =A0x =3D "(some fallback value)" unless respond_to? or x
>
> How would that look like exactly, in shorthand, any guesses?

You can do this:

x ||=3D (x() rescue "(some fallback value)")

I did not think about this long enough to look at all the effects with
local variables shadowing methods but it's something you can play
with.

Kind regards

robert

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