append_feathers

[David A. Black]

Hi --

I just accidentally typed "append_feathers" instead of
"append_features" in something I was writing. I thought maybe this
would be of use to those of you who are fond of nomenclature drawn
from the mallard sphere


David

 

[Sean O'Halpin]

Hi --

I just accidentally typed "append_feathers" instead of
"append_features" in something I was writing. I thought maybe this
would be of use to those of you who are fond of nomenclature drawn
from the mallard sphere

Let's just hope this doesn't result in another slew of fowl puns.

Sean

 

[Hugh Sasse]

Hi --

I just accidentally typed "append_feathers" instead of
"append_features" in something I was writing. I thought maybe this
would be of use to those of you who are fond of nomenclature drawn
from the mallard sphere

That would be the frictionless spherical mallard?

David

Hugh

 

[JB Eriksson]

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was it featherless because it was frozen?

Hi --

I just accidentally typed "append_feathers" instead of
"append_features" in something I was writing. I thought maybe this
would be of use to those of you who are fond of nomenclature drawn
from the mallard sphere


David

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[Robert Klemme]

was it featherless because it was frozen?

LOL - thanks for making my day!

Now, who files the RCR for "make append_feathers an alias for
append_features"?

Chuckle

robert

 

[Brian Schröder]

Hi --

I just accidentally typed "append_feathers" instead of
"append_features" in something I was writing. I thought maybe this
would be of use to those of you who are fond of nomenclature drawn
from the mallard sphere


David

---
module Kernel
def append_feathers
class_eval do
def fly
=09if %w(Penguin Dodo).include?self.class.to_s
=09 raise "I can't fly"
=09else
=09 puts "flap flap flap"
=09end
end
end
end
end

class Duck
append_feathers
end

class Dodo
append_feathers
end

Duck.new.fly
Dodo.new.fly
---

I hope I got the scopes right.

cheers,

Brian

 

[David A. Black]

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Hi --


Probably better to put it in Module.

def append_feathers
class_eval do
def fly
=09if %w(Penguin Dodo).include?self.class.to_s

Or:

if [Penguin, Dodo].include?(self.class)

though testing for class ancestry is kind of unducklike, isn't it?

=09 raise "I can't fly"
=09else
=09 puts "flap flap flap"
=09end
end
end
end
end

class Duck
append_feathers
end

class Dodo
append_feathers
end

Duck.new.fly
Dodo.new.fly

And now let's see whether upgrading pine will cause my reply to you
not to be all weird like they were in the past....


David

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[Hugh Sasse]

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Hi --
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On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Brian Schr=F6der wrote:
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Probably better to put it in Module.

"Head First Design Patterns"[1] suggests the Strategy pattern for
exactly this application (the flight and quacking of Ducks and other
birds).

=20
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And now let's see whether upgrading pine will cause my reply to you
not to be all weird like they were in the past....
=20
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David
=20

Hugh

[1] http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hfdesignpat/index.html
Head First Design Patterns
By Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Freeman, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates
First Edition October 2004=20
Series: Head First
ISBN: 0-596-00712-4
676 pages,


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[daz]

Hi --

I just accidentally typed "append_feathers" instead of
"append_features" in something I was writing.

:-D ... canard-ly stop giggling.


Automating (not tested):

class Fowl
def plumage_missing(add)
add.downto(self)
end
end


daz

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/down # Down(2)

 

[Brian Schröder]

Hi --


Probably better to put it in Module.

def append_feathers
class_eval do
def fly
if %w(Penguin Dodo).include?self.class.to_s

Or:

if [Penguin, Dodo].include?(self.class)

though testing for class ancestry is kind of unducklike, isn't it?

Oh, thats true. I wanted to escape the problem of undefined constants,
but they will pop in existence here. Too much thinking on my part :-(

cheers,

Brian