From: "Brian Schröder" <ruby.brian@...>
Date: 2005-10-29T00:08:18+09:00
Subject: Re: append_feathers

On 28/10/05, David A. Black <dblack@wobblini.net> wrote:
> Hi --
>
> On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Brian Schr�der wrote:
>
> > On 27/10/05, David A. Black <dblack@wobblini.net> wrote:
> >> Hi --
> >>
> >> I just accidentally typed "append_feathers" instead of
> >> "append_features" in something I was writing.  I thought maybe this
> >> would be of use to those of you who are fond of nomenclature drawn
> >> from the mallard sphere :-)
> >>
> >>
> >> David
> >>
> >> --
> >> David A. Black
> >> dblack@wobblini.net
> >>
> >>
> >
> > ---
> > module Kernel
>
> Probably better to put it in Module.
>
> >  def append_feathers
> >    class_eval do
> >      def fly
> >       if %w(Penguin Dodo).include?self.class.to_s
>
> Or:
>
>    if [Penguin, Dodo].include?(self.class)
>
> though testing for class ancestry is kind of unducklike, isn't it? :-)
>

Oh, thats true. I wanted to escape the problem of undefined constants,
but they will pop in existence here. Too much thinking on my part :-(

cheers,

Brian

>
> And now let's see whether upgrading pine will cause my reply to you
> not to be all weird like they were in the past.... :-)
>
>
> David
>
> --
> David A. Black
> dblack@wobblini.net
>
>


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