From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2004-01-24T18:42:13+09:00
Subject: nuby: determine method passed and determine the receiver that rec	eived the method

Hi Friends,

Forgive me in adv for asking a newbie question.

1. First question: How do I get the the method passed?

Eg.

>cat test1.rb
#-------------------------
class Dog
   def bark
       'arf!arf!'
   end
   def method_missing(x)
	p "method missing"
       "sorry, cannot do #{x} in #{self}"
   end
end

beethoven = Dog.new
p beethoven.bark
p beethoven.purr
#-------------------------

>ruby -w test1.rb
"arf!arf!"
"sorry, cannot do purr in #<Dog:0x2777228>"


I'd like a method similar to method_missing(x) (wherein the methodname is
passed in x), but only access it before a method is run (maybe name it
method_called(x)).

So I can do (maybe), 

...
Class Dog
...
   def method_called(x)
       p "You ask for #{x}"
   end
end


------------------
>ruby -w test1.rb
"You ask for bark"
"arf!arf!"
"You ask for purr"
"sorry, cannot do purr in #<Dog:0x2777228>"


2. 2nd question: How do I get the receiver that received the method passed?

So that:

>ruby -w test1.rb
"You ask for bark thru beethoven"
"arf!arf!"
"You ask for purr thru beethoven"
"sorry, cannot do purr thru beethoven"


That is all ..for the moment. Sorry for the lengthy post.

thank you in advance.

kind regards -botp