From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2003-10-03T09:22:17+09:00
Subject: Re: xml + ruby = happy programmer

Ben Giddings wrote:

> The set of allowable characters in an XML element is larger than the set 
> of allowable characters in a Ruby method name:

Actually, Ruby method names are pretty general (but I still agree with 
your point)...

irb(main):006:0> x=[]
=> []
irb(main):008:0> class << x; define_method :"&%(@)%&@" do puts "Hi." 
end; end
=> #<Proc:0x401fbfac@(irb):8>
irb(main):009:0> x.send :"&%(@)%&@" 

Hi.
=> nil