chiaro scuro wrote:
>  However, when you use it on the left handside you must
>  prefix with self, otherwise ruby thinks it is a variable n, rather
>  than a call to the attribute writer 'n='.

It is strange because

n=1 is fine, but
n -= 1 is not.

>  I am not sure if this is supposed to be a bug.. it's certainly a
>  surprising behaviour.

Counter intuitive, at the very least. I really want this behavior to be
fixed.

Best,
Minkoo Seo