From: Andrea Maschio <andrea.maschio@...>
Date: 2007-08-04T07:23:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Dynamic method call

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Yes, probably i started this post not imaging it would be difficult to
imagine a syntax mixed and merged from 2 language, but since most of you
people aren't speaking english as a first language, i think it would be easy
to imagine that for a tester(not a developer, but someone who will use my
'scripting language' built wrapping watir facilities) would be nicer and
easier to understand something like

se_presente_testo("inserimento effettuato", "registra('testUseCase123',
'completo'))

than

if  presente_testo then blabla

or blabla if presente _testo

That was not he point, which was how to implement a dynamic call to a
method. The grammar stuff probably at beginning was just a subtilety, but it
slighty began to make  me understand some underlying language mechanisms
that  i believe are as powerful as easier compared to other language's
features.

So thanks a lot for the time to discuss about this, i really like this list
and i find it is truly live and active as a Ruby community should be! :)

2007/8/3, dblack@rubypal.com <dblack@rubypal.com>:
>
> Hi --
>
> On Wed, 1 Aug 2007, Andrea Maschio wrote:
>
> > Thank you very much guys, it worked. I was doing this for the purpose of
> > create a scripting language in my lang for testers to easy developing of
> use
> > case testing with watir.
> > For english people is probably easier to read
>
> Maybe, maybe not....   I would tend to say:
>
>    if 5 is greater than 3
>
> rather than
>
>    if this condition is true: 5 is greater than 3
>
> But of course it depends on the wider context you're developing.
>
>
> David
>
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>
>


-- 

Andrea Maschio

http://www.superandrew.it

A clever person solves a problem.
A wise person avoids it.

Einstein

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