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More cool/stupid Method#to_proc tricks
#!/usr/bin/env ruby -wKU
### A parasitic class
class Parasite
### Make all future instances of the Parasite actually call
### methods of the +victim+ instead.
def self.infest( victim )
victim.methods.each do |m|
meth = victim.method( m )
define_method( m, &meth )
end
end
end
a_string = "hey, I'm a string! No, really! I feel kinda funny, though."
Parasite.infest( a_string )
p a_string
p Parasite.new
p a_string.object_id
p Parasite.new.object_id
p a_string.length
p Parasite.new.length
p a_string.gsub( /[aeiou]/i, '' )
p Parasite.new.gsub( /[aeiou]/i, '' )
# Output:
# "hey, I'm a string! No, really! I feel kinda funny, though."
# "hey, I'm a string! No, really! I feel kinda funny, though."
# 2151901380
# 2151901380
# 58
# 58
# "hy, 'm strng! N, rlly! fl knd fnny, thgh."
# "hy, 'm strng! N, rlly! fl knd fnny, thgh."
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