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@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
+Sun May 22 11:14:40 2011 Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net>
+
+ * lib/forwardable.rb: Document def_delegator. Patch by Sandor Szucs.
+ [Ruby 1.9 - Bug #4752]
+
Sun May 22 11:11:41 2011 Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net>
* lib/fileutils.rb: Document block behavior of FileUtils.cd. Patch by
- Bil Kleb. [Ruby 1.9 - Bug 4751]
+ Bil Kleb. [Ruby 1.9 - Bug #4751]
Sun May 22 11:07:47 2011 Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net>
diff --git a/lib/forwardable.rb b/lib/forwardable.rb
index b43d00f568..2b71b904d0 100644
--- a/lib/forwardable.rb
+++ b/lib/forwardable.rb
@@ -175,6 +175,25 @@ module Forwardable
end
end
+ # Define +method+ as delegator instance method with an optional
+ # alias name +ali+. Method calls to +ali+ will be delegated to
+ # +accessor.method+.
+ #
+ # class MyQueue
+ # extend Forwardable
+ # attr_reader :queue
+ # def initialize
+ # @queue = []
+ # end
+ #
+ # def_delegator :@queue, :push, :mypush
+ # end
+ #
+ # q = MyQueue.new
+ # q.mypush 42
+ # q.queue #=> [42]
+ # q.push 23 #=> NoMethodError
+ #
def def_instance_delegator(accessor, method, ali = method)
line_no = __LINE__; str = %{
def #{ali}(*args, &block)