On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 8:42 AM, Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@[...].net>  wrote:
>  Hi, very exrtange:
> 
> 
>  class MyArray < Array
>   alias original_add <<
>   def <<(n,k)
>     original_add "#{n}: #{k}"
>   end
>  end
> 
>  my_array = MyArray.new
>  => []
> 
>  my_array << ("Header", "Value")
> 
>  SyntaxError: compile error
>  (irb):25: syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting ')'
>  my_array << ("Header", "Value")
>                          ^
> 
> 
>  Any reason for this? It seems that << is a littled "hardcoded", isn't?
> 
>  --
>  Iñaki Baz Castillo
>  <ibc@[...].net>
> 

The << operator is a special case handled by the parser, but you can
bypass that handling by calling the method directly:

my_array.<<("Header", "Value")

which will of course look a ton better by just using a custom method:

my_array.add_stuff "Header", "Value"

Jason R.