From: dblack@...
Date: 2007-03-01T20:53:48+09:00
Subject: Re: object_* and instance_* methods

Hi --

On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Daniel DeLorme wrote:

> dblack@wobblini.net wrote:
>> Why object_method?
>
> 1. consistence: it's a meta-programming method

They're all just methods, though.  I'm uneasy with assigning clusters
of methods to super-categories.  I think the results are better in the
end if choices are made at a more granular level: find the best name
for exactly what a given method is purporting to do.  Clustering is
itself a "meta"-thing.

> 2. avoid collisions: e.g. ActionController::CgiRequest#method

I was thinking that collisions were less likely with #method, but I
guess they're still fairly likely.


David

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