From: Caleb Clausen <vikkous@...>
Date: 2010-02-15T18:24:03+09:00
Subject: Re: "Code must be Chunkable"

On 2/12/10, Jörg W Mittag <JoergWMittag+Ruby@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Unfortunately, for this dynamic role injection stuff, we run into one
> of the (very few) limitations of Ruby. We cannot just, as Trygve says,
> "subclass the compiler" and "add to and delete methods from the method
> dictionary" in Ruby (although we probably *can* in Rubinius) like
> Trygve's Squeak implementation does or subvert the compiler like
> James's C++ template metaprogramming implementation does.

When people say things like this, it makes me think there ought to be
a way to do it by using RubyMacros. So, I tried to rewrite Tom/Brian's
code as macros... I think I can get rid of the need to call extend or
use method_missing/proxies. But I had to use a feature of RubyMacros
that I haven't invented yet (motivation!) and I may be missing the
point (esp as I didn't watch the movie). Since I don't know if it
would even work, I'm reluctant to post the example I came up with,,,
but if anyone really wants to see it, I will.