From: MenTaLguY <mental@...>
Date: 2007-11-28T06:54:47+09:00
Subject: Re: "Why I Program In Ruby (And Maybe Why You Shouldn't)"

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:30:01 +0900, MonkeeSage <MonkeeSage@gmail.com> wrote:
> A bit off-topic, but how does JRuby resolve that (i.e., the
> convenience method resolution)? It is some AST magic, or something as
> mundane as splitting camel-cased indentifier strings? (not to knock
> the latter; if it works, it works).

It uses the Java reflection API to enumerate methods on Java classes
and splits camel-cased names to produce the "Ruby" versions.  There
isn't any syntax magic required on the Ruby side of things.

> I'll have to digg into JRuby againt next weekend. It's been three
> or four months since I last had a gander. :)

I'll forewarn you that the Java integration portion of the code is
a bit pain-inducing.  We're working towards a rewrite/cleanup though.

-mental