From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-07-05T03:53:25+09:00
Subject: Re: About 1.9 #__method__ feature.

Hi --

On Wed, 5 Jul 2006, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In message "Re: About 1.9 #__method__ feature."
>    on Tue, 4 Jul 2006 21:26:00 +0900, dblack@wobblini.net writes:
>
> |> I refer a method invocation without a receiver specified as
> |> "functional style" because it looks like function calls in other
> |> languages.  The name "funcall" and "invoke_functional_method" reflect
> |> that term.
> |
> |I'm not clear on what you mean.  Don't these all have receivers?
>
> They have receivers.  But they are not "specified" for functional
> styles.

Can you show me an example?  I'm still not understanding.  I'm
thinking of:

   obj.funcall(:meth)

but maybe there's a different/new syntax for funcall?  Is it now a
top-level method?


David

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