From: itsme213 <itsme213@...>
Date: 2004-11-06T00:08:42+09:00
Subject: Re: value provided for argument with default value - how to check inside method?


"Robert Klemme" <bob.news@gmx.net> wrote
> I'm unsure what you're at.  Normally the idea of having a default value is
> that you don't have to worry about where it came from:
>
> def foo(x=10)
>   puts x
> end
>
> Care to unveil a bit more detail why you would need that piece of
> information?

In this case, I want to use foo() and foo(x) as getter and setter
respectively i.e. some form of overloading.