From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2003-01-04T01:53:18+09:00
Subject: Re: How to call overridden methods (finally!)

>>>>> "C" == Chris Pine <nemo@hellotree.com> writes:

C> I'm assuming that it crashes in this case, because otherwise I don't see any
C> problem at all.  (It already raises an exception!  Telling me that `to_int'
C> is unbound is a more helpful exception, anyway.)

pigeon% cat b.rb
#!./ruby
a = Numeric.instance_method(:to_int)
b = Method.instance_method(:call).bind(a)
b.call
pigeon% 

pigeon% b.rb
./b.rb:4:in `call': you cannot call unbound method; bind first (TypeError)
        from ./b.rb:4:in `call'
        from ./b.rb:4
pigeon% 


Guy Decoux