From: chr_news@...
Date: 2003-04-08T03:54:45+09:00
Subject: Re: UnboundMethod#to_proc

> 
> On Sun, 6 Apr 2003, Chris Pine wrote:
> > Then does it make any sense for UnboundMethod#to_proc to be defined?
> > (This is another reason why it feels like Method should subclass
> > UnboundMethod and not the other way around...)
> 
> If they have diverging interfaces such that the contracts conflict with
> each other, then maybe they should two subclasses with a common
> superclass, possibly Object or possibly a new class representing whatever
> they might have in common.
> 
> ________________________________________________________________
> Mathieu Bouchard                       http://artengine.ca/matju
> 
> 
> 

That would violate Matz ``less-class-ism''  and it is not very difficult
to make an inheritance chain Method < UnBoundMethod meaningful
(imo it kind of feels ``right'') and last but not least it should be easy 
to come by a patch implementing this.  See the previous thread 

   [ruby-talk:29135] Why is UnboundMethod a subclass of Method

/Christoph

 

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