From: Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@...>
Date: 2005-04-04T02:24:43+09:00
Subject: Re: [EVALUATION] - E03 - jamLang Evaluation Case Applied to Ruby

Csaba Henk wrote:
> On 2005-04-03, Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@lazaridis.com> wrote:
[...]

>>but it gives me the basic idea:
>>
>>class Object
>>   def meta() @meta ||= {} end
>>end
>>
>>talker.sayYourName.meta[:author] = "it's just me"
>>puts talker.sayYourName.meta[:author]
>>=> it's just me
> 
> If you want metadata for the _function_, then it's not exactly the way
> to go. 
> 
> The sayYourName method, as defined above, is a side-effecting one,
> writes out @name, then returns nil, which is a unique object, without
> any reference to talker. That is, it's not a possible carrier of
> metainformation.
[...]

after the other message and some more tests I understood you objections 
and suggestion.

I sincerly apologize for rejecting them without further and deeper 
evaluating them, trusting a little bit your experience.

I will continue tomorrow, as I've a blackout now.

..

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