From: Patrick Ritchie <pritchie@...>
Date: 2006-02-18T23:51:51+09:00
Subject: Re: define_method fun

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Definitely cleaner in my case, thanks for the tip!

Cheers!
Patrick

>Take a look at the Comparable[1] module. It's a much cleaner, simpler
>way to accomplish what you're doing.
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>[1] http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Comparable.html
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>Gabe
>
>On 2/17/06, Patrick Ritchie <pritchie@videotron.ca> wrote:
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>>Hi All,
>>
>>I just setup the following in one of my classes, I'll let the code speak
>>for itself:
>>
>>["<", "<=", ">", ">=", "==", "<=>"].each do |op|
>>  define_method(op) { |comparison| eval "#{self.order} #{op}
>>#{comparison.order}" }
>>end
>>
>>Ruby continues to impress me with it's ability to do so much in so few
>>amazing readable lines of code.
>>
>>Are their any good reasons not to declare my op methods this way? Is
>>their an even more efficient way to achieve the same effect?
>>
>>Cheers!
>>Patrick
>>
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