From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2003-08-10T03:21:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Ducktype, right?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Weirich" <jweirich@one.net>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: Ducktype, right?


> On Sat, 2003-08-09 at 03:22, Brian Candler wrote:
> > > The responds_to? thread has more to do with type discovery
> > 
> > Just as an aside, it's respond_to? not responds_to?
> > 
> > (like Array#include? not being Array#includes?)
> 
> I guess that shows how often I use it. :-)

Likewise.

BTW, for people who actually care: If you're "thinking
in English" in these situations (bothered by the lack
of a "s"), you can always insert a "does" in front of 
the interrogative:

  x.respond_to? y    # Does x respond to y?
  x.include? y       # Does x include y?

Just my $0.01,
Hal

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