From: uncutstone wu <uncutstone@...>
Date: 2006-05-19T14:46:01+09:00
Subject: Re: send vs. dot notation

Giles Bowkett wrote:
> What's a good reason to use send() instead of a dot to send a message?
> 
> Is it for situations where you know you're going to want to send an
> object a message, but you don't know what that message is until
> runtime?

I think send is one of the key features of Ruby. It is a core underneath 
mechanism. It is widely used.
For example, I think it is used in implementation of DRb. Whenever a DRb 
server gets a call from a client, it gets the method name and other 
things,so it send message to the server object.
IMHO, anywhere you want a level of indirection of function call, you may 
consider using send.


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