From: wys@... (Clemens Wyss)
Date: 2001-05-10T14:40:09+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:14936] Re: Polymorphic methods

"J J" <jj5412@earthlink.net> wrote in
<TbBJ6.31$Qx.5847@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>: 

>In C++ you can have polymorphic methods such as
>
>doIt( String s ) {
>...
>}
>
>doIt( Integer i ) {
>...
>}
>
>Is there a way to duplicate this behavior without resorting to:
>
>def doIt( object )
>    if object.type == String
>    ...
>    elsif object.type == Numeric
>    ...
>    end
>end
>
>I'm thinking of instances (for example) where you can create an object

Why not make Guy Decoux's (ts) 'generic methods' (see [ruby-talk:10424]) a 
RCR?
Clemens