From: Mario Camou <mcamou@...>
Date: 2009-11-16T10:16:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie question: Defining a numeric type

Have a look at Forwardable

On Monday, November 16, 2009, Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> wrote:
> I have a type which has a bit of internal magic, but fundamentally, I want
> it to behave for most purposes like the value it yields from to_i/to_int.
>
> Basically, is there a way to avoid having to write +, -, etcetera, when
> in each case it'd be:
>         def <op>(other)
>           self.to_i <op> other
>         end
>
> I think I'm thinking something like the Comparable mixin; sort of a
> "I have a to_i, make me a number" module.
>
> -s
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