Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.dougwise.org!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!talisker.lacave.net!lacave.net!not-for-mail From: Brian Candler Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby Subject: Re: looking for an "inversion" pattern Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:14:52 -0500 Organization: Service de news de lacave.net Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: bristol.highgroove.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: talisker.lacave.net 1302988655 5734 65.111.164.187 (16 Apr 2011 21:17:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@lacave.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 21:17:35 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: X-Received-From: This message has been automatically forwarded from the ruby-talk mailing list by a gateway at comp.lang.ruby. If it is SPAM, it did not originate at comp.lang.ruby. Please report the original sender, and not us. Thanks! For more details about this gateway, please visit: http://blog.grayproductions.net/categories/the_gateway X-Mail-Count: 381720 X-Ml-Name: ruby-talk X-Rubymirror: Yes X-Ruby-Talk: Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.ruby:3029 Fearless Fool wrote in post #992929: > I'm sure there's a clean way to do this in Ruby, but I haven't figured > it out. > > I'd like to create a method +foo+ that transforms: > > my_obj.foo.some_method(*args) > > to > > MyClass.some_method(my_obj, *args) Not sure, but would bound or unbound methods help you? bound_method = my_obj.method(:foo) bound_method.call(*args) unbound_method = my_obj.class.instance_method(:foo) unbound_method.bind(my_obj).call(*args) -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.