From: "Mauricio Fernández" <batsman.geo@...>
Date: 2002-11-23T06:24:31+09:00
Subject: Re: find arguments... is this possible

On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 05:08:18AM +0900, dblack@candle.superlink.net wrote:
> Hi --
> 
> On Sat, 23 Nov 2002, Michael Hale wrote:
> 
> > I want to get the names of the arguments that are passed into a method.
> >
> > Example:
> >
> >  def my_method(first, second, third)
> >  	puts <insert call to get parameter names>
> >  end
> >
> >  my_method 1, 2, 3
> >
> > Should output:
> >  first
> >  second
> >  third
> >
> > Is there any way to do this?
> 
>   irb(main):021:0> def my_method(first,second,third)
>   irb(main):022:1> puts local_variables
>   irb(main):023:1> end
>   nil
>   irb(main):024:0> my_method(1,2,3)
>   first
>   second
>   third
> 
> (give or take hidden pitfalls, and of course the question I dare not
> ask, which is why one would want to do this :-)
> 

"Why would one want to do this?"

I suspect the answer will be, uhmmm, interesting.

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