I agree with your larger point, but you may not have the best example. ||= is notoriously obscure in Ruby - in details at least. http://www.ruby-forum.com/topi

I agree with your larger point, but you may not have the best example. ||= is notoriously obscure in Ruby - in details at least. http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/151660/ http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/151660/