From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2007-11-12T19:09:30+09:00
Subject: Re: does Ruby has method properties


On Nov 12, 2007, at 00:35 , Thilina Buddhika wrote:

> In java script it is possible to something like this,
> method.outputType = "string";
>
> we are setting the return type of the method.  Is this possible in  
> Ruby?
>
> i searched in the google and found this.
>
> http://bias2build.com/thesis/ruby_v_js_MP.html
>
> it says that this is not possible in Ruby.
>
> i wanna confirm this.

Confirmed. There is virtually no metadata about a method available to  
the public. Arity is about the only one I can think of.