From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2006-10-02T01:25:14+09:00
Subject: Caveats with #method_missing

Even after the public/private send issue is resolved with #funcall,
#send!, #instance_send or what ever is method decided upon, how will we
be ablesto distinguish between a private and a public method call in
method_missing?

Also when delaing with writers, the need to do things like:

  def method_missing( sym, *args, &blk )
    if sym.to_s =~ /=$/
      @data[ sym.to_s.chomp('=').to_sym ] = args[0]

Is, well... Blech!  I'd like to see something like:

  def writer_missing( name, value )
    @data[ name ] = value
  end

Thoughts?
T.