Re: [wmii] [ANN] Rumai 1.0.0

On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 12:45:22PM -0500, Kris Maglione wrote:
> Heh... it's more like the standard assert(foo == bar). It just uses a
> function rather than pushing a method on the entire object hierarchy. It
> seems much clearer to me. The == operator doesn't have a new meaning foisted
> on it, and it's clear that the want function is not a method of whatever
> object it's operating on.

I suppose the idea behind this is that the two values can be
inspected and printed. I still think it's not ideal, though. I'd
prefer something like:

class Want
        class <<self
                %w{== < > <= >= !=}.each do |op|
                        class_eval %{
                        def #{op} a, b
                                try a #{op} b, a, "#{op}", b
                        end
                        }
                end

                private

                def try result, arga, op, argb
                        if !result
                                print "#{caller[1]}: Want #{arga} #{op} #{argb}; got #{result}\n"
                        end
                end
        end
end

Want.== ret.type, Fcall.type

Anyway, feel free to ignore this. I haven't given it any real thought.

-- 
Kris Maglione
Real programmers don't write in Pascal, Bliss, or Ada, or
any of those pinko computer science languages.  Strong
typing is for people with weak memories.