From: Brian Adkins <lojicdotcom@...>
Date: 2008-11-18T02:51:40+09:00
Subject: Re: How can I overload a method in Ruby

pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon) writes:

> Zhao Yi <youhaodeyi@gmail.com> writes:
>> I want to write a build method which will build source code in a 
>> directory. I assume there are two build methods, one doesn't have 
>> parameter while the other have one parameter. The method without 
>> parameter will build the source code in default directory, the method 
>> with one parameter will build the source code in the directory which is 
>> specified by this parameter. With method overloading, I can write them 
>> as below:
>>
>> def build()
>>     make
>> end
>>
>> def build(directory)
>>     cd directory
>>     make
>> end
>
> Call it: buildWithDirectory(directory)

build_with_directory would probably be a more conventional Ruby function name.

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