Ruby parens-free function calls [was Re: Accessing parent objects]

[Chris Angelico]

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 1:22 PM, Rick Johnson
<rantingrickjohnson at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 6:55:23 PM UTC-5, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:28:34 -0700, Rick Johnson wrote:
> [...]
>> > Since when did utilizing a method to request a specific
>> > value become some sort of magic?
>>
>> Since it requires a special method that has super powers no
>> method you can write yourself can do.
>
> That's hilarious. I guess you never called __init__? LOL!

Ah yes, argument by ridicule. An excellent way to cover over the fact
that you have not a shred of truly viable argument to bring out.

Last I checked, __init__ was just like any other dunder method: a
perfectly ordinary method that happens to be called by someone else. A
callback method, if you will.

ChrisA