From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-05-31T06:26:13+09:00
Subject: Re: #respond_to? not working for dynamically generated methods

On 5/30/07, Wolfgang N�dasi-Donner <wonado@donnerweb.de> wrote:
> James Edward Gray II schrieb:
> > What exactly is the use case for respond_to?()?
>
> Only as a remark for a special usage, which is not easy (impossible?) without
> "respond_to?()".
>
> I have some Libraries for textual analysis, which are usually used via "irb".
> The application works on large Arrays of String objects. Based on regular
> expressions I define sometimes methods for some of these object, during one
> textual analysis often several methods.
>
> Then I can categorize the String objects in the Array by using "respond_to?()".
>
> It is very easy and helpful (may be it sounds complex an strange, but this is
> only my bad English).
Hmm as fellow native German Speaker I think your English is perfect.
Could you give an example?
I somehow feel that you might use a different approach than
hitchhiking methods, or are the used for different purposes too.

Sounds interesting.

Cheers
Robert


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