From: Edward Faulkner <ef@...>
Date: 2005-09-26T10:45:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Overloading

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On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 10:38:16AM +0900, Ben wrote:
> The options I see are:
>=20
> 1) Call .class.to_s on each parameter to match the type:
>         "pattern.class.to_s =3D~ /Array/ then # I have an array of regexp

You can do this:

if pattern.class =3D=3D Array # then ...

Or this:

case pattern
  when Array
    # handle array
  when Regexp
    # handle Regexp
end

Or use this to ensure that pattern is always an Array:

pattern =3D [pattern] unless pattern.class =3D=3D Array

-Ed

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