>>>>> "R" == Robert Feldt <feldt / ce.chalmers.se> writes: R> Is this a brand new addition to Ruby (generic/overlaoded methods)? Doesn't R> work in my 1.7.0 2001-01-31 version. Is it in the CVS? No, it's my toy :-) I was just looking was modification must be made to ruby if you want to try to implement it. R> Seems like a major deviation from up-to-now Ruby philosophy (even though R> it might make things easier for compiling to fast native code... ;-)) why ? Guy Decoux