From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2005-02-24T23:55:11+09:00
Subject: Re: a new delegation technique :-)


"David A. Black" <dblack@wobblini.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:Pine.LNX.4.61.0502240635380.25193@wobblini...
> Hi --
>
> This probably lies somewhere between obfuscated and pointless,

LOL - I have to make a note for this localization. :-)

> but I
> thought it was a fun example of Ruby's nimbleness:
>
>
>    class C
>      attr_reader :to_s
>      def initialize(str)
>        @to_s = str
>      end
>    end
>
>    s = C.new("hello")
>    puts s             # hello
>
> :-)

With the added

class C
  alias :to_str :to_s
end

You can even do this:

>> /ll/ =~ s
=> 2

:-))

    robert