From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2000-07-15T00:41:57-05:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:04031] Re: Pluggable functions and blocks


Morning, Matz:

matz@netlab.co.jp (Yukihiro Matsumoto) writes:

> For example,
> 
>   String.instance_method(:clone).call("a")    #=> cloned string "a"
>   Class.instance_method(:new).call("a")       #=> TypeError

I'm wondering - what is the semantics of this? Is the parameter
substituted for 'self' in the call, or is it an argument to the
constructor of the original class (or something else entirely)? How do 
you differentiate parameters that are to be passed to the method
itself?

Guess it's just late and I'm being particularly dense.


Dave