Question

Does anyone know in which class/module the = method is in Ruby?

I want to convert

a = b

into

a equals b

So I have to know in which class/module it is so I can make an alias.

Thanks.

Answer 1

The = is the assignment operator. It can not be redefined.

Moreover, you can not define new operators. As Jörg points out, a equals b is the same as a(equals(b)) or equivalently self.a(self.equals(b)), so, you’d need an object that responds to both the :a message and the :equals message.