On Oct 3, 2011, at 3:11 PM, Kurt Stephens wrote: >=20 > Optional Supporting Syntax: >=20 > <pre><code class=3D"ruby"> > a.*anon_sym(args...) # equiv. to a.send(anon_sym, args...) > class A > def *anon_sym(args...); body...; end > end > </code></pre> I'm not sure about the anonymous symbols but you might want to take a = look at this discussion: <http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/34550> regarding using strings/expressions to invoke methods without the use of = send(). Gary Wright=