U:RDoc::AnyMethod[iI"define_method:ETI"Module#define_method;TF: privateo:RDoc::Markup::Document: @parts[ o: RDoc::Markup::Paragraph; [ I">Defines an instance method in the receiver. The _method_ ;TI"Iparameter can be a +Proc+, a +Method+ or an +UnboundMethod+ object. ;TI"HIf a block is specified, it is used as the method body. This block ;TI"Dis evaluated using instance_eval, a point that is ;TI"Jtricky to demonstrate because define_method is private. ;TI"@(This is why we resort to the +send+ hack in this example.);To: RDoc::Markup::BlankLine o:RDoc::Markup::Verbatim; [I"
class A
;TI" def fred
;TI" puts "In Fred"
;TI" end
;TI"' def create_method(name, &block)
;TI"7 self.class.send(:define_method, name, &block)
;TI" end
;TI"3 define_method(:wilma) { puts "Charge it!" }
;TI" end
;TI"class B < A
;TI"6 define_method(:barney, instance_method(:fred))
;TI" end
;TI"a = B.new
;TI"a.barney
;TI"
a.wilma
;TI"(a.create_method(:betty) { p self }
;TI"
a.betty
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In Fred
;TI"Charge it!
;TI"#;T;
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define_method(symbol) { block } -> symbol
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