From: Dave Burt <dave@...>
Date: 2006-03-27T20:18:54+09:00
Subject: Re: WIN32OLE#[] and WIN32OLE#[]= method in Ruby 1.9 (or later)

Hi again,

Masaki Suketa wrote:
> In message "Re: WIN32OLE#[] and WIN32OLE#[]= method in Ruby 1.9 (or 
> later)"
>    on 06/03/25, "Dave Burt" <dave@burt.id.au> writes:
>
>> >   record.setproperty("StringData", 1, 'dddd')
>>
>> record[:StringData][1] = 'dddd'
>
> Thank you. It is very interesting.
> I think about it.

It's not ideal, but WIN32OLE doesn't use Symbols - VBScript and JScript 
don't have them.
We're trying to match this VBScript, right?

record.StringData(1) = "dddd"

As far as I understand, we can't make record.StringData(1) = "dddd" or 
record.StringData[1] = "dddd" work while keeping the same dynamic call 
functionality we already have (StringData should be called as a method in 
both cases) but what about another option:

record.StringData{1} = "dddd"

The rule would be similar to the above, but instead of looking for a symbol, 
you're looking for block_given? and using "yield" as the index/parameter to 
the property.
Although, in a sense, this matches semantic-for-semantic less than the 
[:StringData] version, and that's what I like best about the change you're 
suggesting - use Ruby's index operators for the same purpose in OLE.

Thanks again for your efforts on this project,
Dave