From: Rudolf Polzer <abuse@...>
Date: 2003-03-17T19:21:26+09:00
Subject: Re: dynamically create a method

Scripsit ille �Robert Klemme� <bob.news@gmx.net>:
> isn't this easier?
> 
> class Fixnum
>   def power(exp)
>     self ** exp
>   end
> end
> 
> a=10
> a.power 2

It is, but there might be cases where one does not know the name of the
method in advance. Perhaps when dynamically creating more than one method
in method_missing().

And... wasn't there a way to convert a string to a symbol?


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