From: Matt Todd <chiology@...>
Date: 2006-10-03T12:32:49+09:00
Subject: Re: redefining splat?

> Can you redefine the * prefix operator?

Why do you need to? I know slight modifications to do some cool
wizardry can be adventageous, but to me, what it seems like you want
is a completely different thing that will completely redefine the *.
(Even if only locally.)

> I'm in the middle of refactoring some code. I have a function that
> looks like this
>
>   def send_command cmd_arry
>     type = cmd_arry.shift
>     @comms.send(type, *cmd_arry)
>   end

What's wrong with...

  def send_command cmd_ary
    cmd = Command.new(cmd_ary)
    @comms.send(cmd.type, cmd.params)
  end

Or even...

  def send_command cmd_ary
    cmd = Command.new(cmd_ary)
    @comms.send cmd
  end

with #send overwritten to do something special with the Command class?
(Still retaining the original functionality otherwise.)

Just my opinion.

M.T.