From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2007-02-18T04:34:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Oppinions on RCR for dup on immutable classes

On 2/17/07, Stefan Rusterholz <apeiros@gmx.net> wrote:
> unknown wrote:
> > the one that springs to mind is
> >
> >    module Mixin
> >      def average
> >        total.to_f / n.to_f
> >      end
> >      def total
> >        raise NotImplementedError
> >      end
> >      def n
> >        raise NotImplementedError
> >      end
> >    end
> >
> > this give a much nicer error than NameError or something about nil not
> > responding to 'to_f'.
>
> module Mixin
>   def average
>     total().quo(n())
>   end
> end
>
> a) uses Rational if possible ;-p (ok, besides the point)
> b) no superfluous code
> c) no additional exception
>
> I'm sorry, I still fail to see the point in defining a method that says
> the method can't be executed (put a menu that isn't actually served on
> the menucard - put it on the menucard when it is served)

the difference is in the rescue.

rescue NoMethodError

is not the same thing as

rescue NotImplementedError