From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-09-28T09:11:48+09:00
Subject: Re: String starts? and ends? methods

Hi --

On Thu, 28 Sep 2006, Hal Fulton wrote:

> dblack@wobblini.net wrote:
>> 
>> It's a little inconsistent:
>>
>>   obj.respond_to?   # second person
>>   obj.is_a?         # third person
>> 
>> But I think second person is the most common.  Or maybe are_a? just
>> sounded too weird :-)
>> 
>
> As the other cases are using the infinitive form,
> the latter would actually be #be_a?   :)

I think it's the second person -- at least, I seem to remember Matz
explaining it that way.  So you're asking the object: [do you]
respond_to?...

We could go old school:

   obj.respondest_to?
   obj.art_a?

:-)


David

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