From: Pit Capitain <pit@...>
Date: 2005-01-14T20:45:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Duck Typing and automated Conversions

Robert Klemme schrieb:
> 
> def silly_example(str.to_str, count.to_int)
>   # str and count are converted like in the example above
>   s = ""
>   count.times { s << str }
>   s
> end
> 
> Basically this is just a way to save typing.  Error reporting will be the
> same.  RDoc could evaluate this info and generate comments for this
> automagically.
> 
> Of course, any method could be invoked like this, maybe even with
> parameters.  I haven't thouroughly thought about implications of that fact
> yet.
> 
> Thoughs?

Interesting idea. I think it's very readable.

Regards,
Pit