Class: Functor
Overview
Functor is Ruby’s implementation of a Higher-Order-Message. Essentally, a Functor can vary its behavior accorrding to the operation applied to it.
Example
f = Functor.new { |op, x| x.send(op, x) }
(f + 1) #=> 2
(f + 2) #=> 4
(f + 3) #=> 6
(f * 1) #=> 1
(f * 2) #=> 4
(f * 3) #=> 9
Constant Summary collapse
- EXCEPTIONS =
[:binding, :inspect, :object_id]
Class Method Summary collapse
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.cache(*key, &function) ⇒ Object
Functors can be somewhat inefficient if a new Functor is frequently recreated for the same use.
Instance Method Summary collapse
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#initialize(&function) ⇒ Functor
constructor
A new instance of Functor.
-
#method_missing(op, *args, &blk) ⇒ Object
private
Any action against the Functor is processesd by the function.
- #to_proc ⇒ Object
Constructor Details
#initialize(&function) ⇒ Functor
Returns a new instance of Functor.
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# File 'lib/core/facets/functor.rb', line 66 def initialize(&function) @function = function end |
Dynamic Method Handling
This class handles dynamic methods through the method_missing method
#method_missing(op, *args, &blk) ⇒ Object (private)
Any action against the Functor is processesd by the function.
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# File 'lib/core/facets/functor.rb', line 88 def method_missing(op, *args, &blk) @function.call(op, *args, &blk) end |
Class Method Details
.cache(*key, &function) ⇒ Object
Functors can be somewhat inefficient if a new Functor is frequently recreated for the same use. So this cache can be used to speed things up.
The key
will always be an array, wich makes it easier to cache Functor for multiple factors.
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# File 'lib/core/facets/functor.rb', line 23 def self.cache(*key, &function) @cache ||= {} if function @cache[key] = new(&function) else @cache[key] end end |
Instance Method Details
#to_proc ⇒ Object
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# File 'lib/core/facets/functor.rb', line 71 def to_proc @function end |