From: Dave Burt <dave@...>
Date: 2006-05-26T16:23:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Method '!='

On 5/26/06, Daniel Sheppard wrote:
> The syntax magic makes != work... but that doesn't mean you can't create
> methods to do the same things. define_method is much more lenient on
> method names than def is:
>
> class Object
>   define_method(:<) {|arg| self < arg }
>   define_method(:>) {|arg| self > arg }
>   define_method(:!=) {|arg| self != arg }
> end
>
> 1.send(:>, 5)
> => false
>
> 1.send(:<, 5)
> => true

A good point.

:< and :>, though, are already methods!

1.methods.include? ">"  #=> true

Cheers,
Dave