From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2007-02-03T04:00:13+09:00
Subject: Silly Code from The Muppet Laboratories

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... for lazy typers - can also be used for obfuscation.  Might make your 
code unmaintainable, instable or both.

Use at own risk.

	robert


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module Kernel
  alias _method_missing method_missing

  def method_missing(s,*a,&b)
    candidates = method_candidates(s)
    case candidates.size
    when 0
      _method_missing(s,*a,&b)
    when 1
      send(candidates[0],*a,&b)
    else
      raise NameError,
	"Ambiguous name: #{s}, "\
	"candidates: #{candidates.join ', '}"
    end
  end

  private
  # find names of which sym is prefix
  def method_candidates(sym)
    methods.grep(/\A#{sym}/i)
  end
end

p %w{foo bar}.inj(0) {|le, s| le + s.length}

module Kernel
  # get rid of aeiou and special chars
  def method_candidates(sym)
    methods.select {|me| /\A#{sym.to_s.gsub(/[aeiou_]/, '')}/i =~
      me.gsub(/[aeiou_]/, '')}
  end
end

p %w{foo bar}.injct(0) {|le, s| le + s.length}
p %w{foo bar}.inj(0) {|le, s| le + s.length}
p %w{foo bar}.in(0) {|le, s| le + s.length}


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