From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-07-04T01:03:52+09:00
Subject: Re: About 1.9 #__method__ feature.

On Tue, 4 Jul 2006, Mauricio Fernandez wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 04, 2006 at 12:39:12AM +0900, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> In message "Re: About 1.9 #__method__ feature."
>>     on Tue, 4 Jul 2006 00:31:03 +0900, dblack@wobblini.net writes:
>>
>> |Speaking of send: is the 'funcall' name definite?  Are you still
>> |interested in hearing arguments against it? :-)
>>
>> Do you have a proposal for any alternatives?  By the way, have you
>> noticed the alias "invoke_functional_method"?
>
> hmmm the link between "might be called externally despite being private" and
> "functional" is subtle, to say the least;
> #invoke_private_method seems much clearer (even if inaccurate) and is nearly
> as long if you want to discourage its use.

how bout

   invoke_method!  # dangerous because invokes even private

??

-a
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