From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2006-08-21T03:39:33+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] QAPrototype (#91)

I've been away from e-mail for a few days.  I haven't looked at anyone
elses solution yet.

Here's my initial solution which didn't take long.  I expect to refine
this with more function in the next few days.

I split out the function into a separate class
MethodPrompter::Interactor, so as not to polute the "class under
training" with extra methods while allowing for modular extension of
the function.

=== method_prompter.rb ===
module MethodPrompter

        class Interactor

                def initialize(target_object)
                        @target_object = target_object
                end

                def prompt_for_method(symbol, *args)
                        puts "#{symbol} is undefined"
                        puts "Please define what I should do (end with
a newline):"
                        @method_body = []
                        print ">> "
                        while line = gets
                                break if line == "\n"
                                puts "#{line.empty?} >>#{line}<<"
                                @method_body << line
                                print ">> "
                        end
                end

                def parms_from(*args)
                        ""
                end

                def make_method(symbol, *args)
                        method_string = "def #{symbol.to_s}
#{parms_from(args)}\n" <<
                                        @method_body.join("\n") <<
                                        'end'
                        @target_object.class.module_eval(method_string,
                                       'line',
                                       -1)
                end
        end

        def method_missing(symbol, *args)
                interactor = Interactor.new(self)
                interactor.prompt_for_method(symbol)
                interactor.make_method(symbol, args)
        end

end


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