From: Florian Frank <flori@...>
Date: 2007-01-16T01:10:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Array#modified

Juozas Gaigalas wrote:
> I'm looking for a simple and short solution/library that does this:
>
> a = []
>
> def a.modified
> puts "Array a changed"
> end
>
> a << 'x'
> puts a
> a[0] = 'y'
> puts a
>
> ----OUTPUT----
> Array a changed
> x
> Array a changed
> y
>
>   
class Changed
  def initialize(obj, &changed)
    @obj = obj
    @changed = changed
  end

  def method_missing(id, *a, &b)
    obj_before = @obj.clone
    @obj.__send__(id, *a, &b)
    if obj_before != @obj
      @changed[@obj, id, a, b]
    end
  end
end

if $0 == __FILE__
  a = []
  c = Changed.new(a) do |obj, id, args, block|
    STDOUT << "#{obj.inspect} changed by #{id}"
    STDOUT << "(#{args.map { |x| x.inspect } * ','})" unless args.empty?
    STDOUT << "\n"
  end
  c << 1
  # [1] changed by <<(1)
  c.to_s
  c << 2
  # [1, 2] changed by <<(2)
  c.delete 2
  # [1] changed by delete(2)
  c.delete 2
  c << 3
  # [1, 3] changed by <<(3)
  c[0] = 4
  # [4, 3] changed by []=(0,4)
  c.replace [6,6,6]
  # [6, 6, 6] changed by replace([6, 6, 6])
  c.clear
  # [] changed by clear
end

-- 
Florian Frank