From: Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@...>
Date: 2011-06-02T20:05:34+09:00
Subject: Re: CORE - Alternative Variable Substitution

On 2 Ιούν, 10:02, Peter Zotov <whitequ...@whitequark.org> wrote:
>  On Thu, 2 Jun 2011 13:25:25 +0900, Ilias Lazaridis wrote:
>
> > On 1 Ιούν, 16:22, Robert Klemme <shortcut...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >> It can be as easy as
> > [...]
>
> > You suggested implementation adds a new function.
>
> > At least, if you suggest an implementation, do it in the OO way
> > (overloading the relevant method).
>
>  There is no separate method in Ruby which does the variable
>  substitution.
>  This functionality is hardcoded into lexer and parser.

I understand.

This means it is not easy, if not impossible to alter the behaviour.

Can I change this functionality with a C-level extension, but without
altering the ruby source?

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