||= is an operator though. It's Ruby, and it hides away unnecessary details once you take 10 seconds to read about what it does, so I don't think that's a fair

||= is an operator though. It's Ruby, and it hides away unnecessary details once you take 10 seconds to read about what it does, so I don't think that's a fair example for what you're pointing out. Now if we're talking about endless chaining of enumerators all on one line, then yes, that bullshit needs to stop.