From: Ara.T.Howard@...
Date: 2004-09-29T07:24:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Best name for "this method" ?

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On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, trans.  (T. Onoma) wrote:

> On Tuesday 28 September 2004 05:44 am, Gavin Sinclair wrote:
>> =C2=A0 foo.methods[:new, :protected] =C2=A0 # if you need combination
>
> This line's got me thinking... How does one define a class [] constructor=
? For
> example Hash can be use like this:
>
>  Hash[:a=3D>1,:b=3D>2 ]

     class << self; alias [] new; end

>
> And then I start to wonder why we can't just use the class name like a me=
thod?
>
>  Hash(:a=3D>1, :b=3D>2)

   probably possible:

     irb(main):029:0> def method_missing(m,*a,&b);Class =3D=3D=3D (c =3D ev=
al(m.to_s)) ?
     c::new(*a,&b) : super;end
     =3D> nil

     irb(main):030:0> Range(1,2)
     =3D> 1..2

??

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