From: Florian Gilcher <flo@...>
Date: 2008-03-27T21:30:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Over Loading

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On Mar 27, 2008, at 10:34 AM, Иван Евтухович wrote:
>
>
> So you can do something like this
> def test(arg)
>  if arg.is_a?(String)
>  else
>  end
> end
>


There are some projects out there that allow pattern matching on  
arguments to some extend. (search for "match" on rubyforge)

Basically, they work by defining a proxy method that does the pattern  
matching and then calling some predefined procs. Essentially,
they define this test-Method dynamically.
This is not overloading in a strict sense, but it comes close.

Greetings
Florian Gilcher
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