From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2007-10-31T22:56:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Create a method with name, containing illegal characters

Hi --

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, kylichuku wrote:

> Hi there!
>
> I need to create a method with name, that contains '-' character. Is
> it possible, and if the answer is "yes", how can I do it?

The only way I know of is:

irb(main):002:0> class C
irb(main):003:1>   define_method("x-y") { puts "Weird method" }
irb(main):004:1> end

At which point, the only way to call it is:

irb(main):005:0> C.new.send("x-y")   # Weird method

In other words, it's not worth the trouble and you should find some
other solution.


David

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