From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2002-11-11T17:59:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Klass.method(:new).arity == -1 violates my POLS!

>>>>> "c" == coma killen <coma_killen@fastmail.fm> writes:

c> class K
c>   def K.newp(a); end
c>   def initialize(a); end
c> end

   class L < K
      def self.new(a, b) super(b) end
   end

c> p K.method(:newp).arity #=> 1
c> p K.method(:new).arity #=> -1

   p L.method(:new).arity # ==> 2


c> My intuition would be that the knowledge that initialize
c> takes only 1 param would be known to the new method.

 You really want to have 1 for the arity of L::new ?



Guy Decoux