From: Daniel Berger <Daniel.Berger@...>
Date: 2005-08-27T02:03:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Method behaves differently when called using #send

Ron M wrote:
> David A. Black wrote:
> 
>>>
>>>>> es.y
>>>
>>> => 30.468257171342
> 
> 
>>>>> es.send(:y)
>>>
>>> ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (0 for 1)
>>>        from (irb):7:in `y'
>>>        from (irb):7
> 
> 
> 
>> I wonder whether it's YAML-related.  The YAML library defines
>> Kernel#y.  I'm not sure why you'd get that error message from it
>> though, unless maybe AR hooks into it in some way.

I wouldn't think so.  At least, my own experiments didn't reveal this to be an 
issue, but you never know.

Just for kicks, does it make any difference if you use es.__send__(:y)?

Otherwise, I recommend firing up the debugger and stepping into the method to 
see where it takes you.

Regards,

Dan