From: jonT <j@...>
Date: 2006-02-06T03:48:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Adding properties to a method?

>> Of coures what i'd actually get is:
>> method(:bar).foo #= nil
>> because method(:bar) returns a new object each time.
>A String, in your example.  Do you want the string to respond to the
>message 'foo=' ?

method(:bar)
# => <Method: Object#bar>
method(:bar).class
# => Method

method(:bar) actually returns a method object.

>What do you mean by "bind" and "properties"?
Sorry. By bind I meant simply to set the value of a properety in the
usual way. By property I mean property: a public field.

Essentially what I'm aiming to do is to have some way of storing data
about a method (which is either private to Object or a member of some
class or module) such that it is publicly available. Example:

def cd(dir)
	FileUtils.cd(dir.path)
	nil
end
method(:cd).args_classes={0=>JDir}

not terribly Ruby like but you get the picture.

Jon