From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-03-16T06:00:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Anyone playing with higher order messaging in ruby?

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module Enumerable
    class MapProxy
        def initialize obj
            @obj = obj
        end #def initialize obj
        def method_missing name, *args, &blk
            @obj.map do
                | ele |
                ele.send name, *args, &blk
            end
        end #def method_missing name, *args, &blk
    end #class MapProxy

    alias_method :aliased_map, :map
    def map *args, &blk
        return MapProxy.new( self ) if args.length.zero? && blk.nil?
        aliased_map *args, &blk
    end #def map *args, &blk
end #module Enumerable

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This is from a thread of 2006-09-27 posted the 28th, looks familiar
it was about "for or against the magic dot notation" but the
functionality is the same :)

the French say: "Les grands esprits se resemblent", but my modesty
forbids any translations ;)

Cheers
Robert