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shane_mcd
on May 12, 2012
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Automatic programming: write code that writes code
Rails' method_missing is a great example of this and awesome to read through for a thorough mind fuck.
gnaritas
on May 12, 2012
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Rails doesn't have a method_missing, Ruby does, it copied it from Smalltalk's #doesNotUnderstand:. Rails is a framework, not a language.
shane_mcd
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Oh come on. I meant how it was implemented with AR
gnaritas
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I have no idea what you meant, I can only comment on what you said. Had you said activerecord's implementation of method_missing, I'd have understood, but you said Rails.
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