Une bñ×ue wrote:
> i'm writting a C ext to Ruby.
> i want the User from ruby being able to pass 1 or 2 arg(s) to this ruby,
> without any Ruby wraper.
> 
> i know that in standard C their is no way to have a function with
> default value.
> 
> since i'm not really writting "standard C" rather than a C ext to Rubt,
> is their a workaround for that ?
> 
> for example :
>   rb_define_method(cRAliasRecord, "my_function",   m_my_function_1_arg,
> 1);
>   rb_define_method(cRAliasRecord, "my_function", m_my_function_2_args,
> 2);
> 
> or something similar...

This question came up just recently:

http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ablade.nagaokaut.ac.jp+extension+default+argument

http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/211001

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   Robin