From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2011-06-26T02:00:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Symbol#===

On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Intransition <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
> As:
>
>    class Symbol
>      def ===(object)
>        object.respond_to?(self)
>      end
>    end
>
> Then:
>
>    case foo
>    when :some_method
>      foo.some_method
>    end
>
> Insanity?
No, but too invasive...

case my_token
when :integer
when :identifier
when....

thanx for breaking that ;)

Furthermore I already feel that Symbol has one of the worst kludges
ever conceived cast onto itself, which is #to_proc. On the same
account I feel #=== should not be concerned with receiver's methods.

Cheers
Robert

>
>



-- 
I'm not against types, but I don't know of any type systems that
aren't a complete pain, so I still like dynamic typing.
--
Alain Kay