From: Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@...>
Date: 2005-04-30T03:02:41+09:00
Subject: Re: method_missing question

On 4/29/05, Rick Olson <technoweenie@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why not just call @display.zoom(500)?
> 
> On 4/29/05, Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Currently, I have a class that has a bunch of methods (that a GUI does
> > a callback on) that are like
> >
> >   def menu_zoom_100_activate
> >     @display.zoom(100)
> >   end
> >
> >   def menu_zoom_250_activate
> >     @display.zoom(250)
> >   end
> >
> >   def menu_zoom_500_activate
> >     @display.zoom(500)
> >   end
> >
> > Could I use #method_missing to make this better?
> >

Because when a GUI button is clicked, I need to call a particular
method of a particular class.  I don't think I can give it an
argument.