Re: [Httpmail-devel] Ruby error:

[Dane G. A. <da...@av...>]

This was _super_ helpful:

> The book is available online at http://www.rubycentral.com/book/ (the 
> dns for the domain is messed up, so try http://165.193.123.250/book/ 
> if that doesn't work).

I spent a bunch of time looking for the book yesterday, but all the 
links were broken.  I thought the site was gone :)

> You said you installed nqxml to get uri.rb? uri.rb got included with 
> the Ruby standard library at some point, so you shouldn't need nqxml. 
> Maybe that's causing a conflict, I don't know.

Hmm . . . could be.  I'll check this out . . .

> Ruby is a dynamic language, so the following line:
>
> res = http_con.method(req_method.downcase).call(path_query, req_data, 
> headers)
>
> (where req_method is 'PROPFIND') tells the Ruby compiler to call the 
> method propfind(path_query, req_data, headers). It's sorta like 
> reflection in Java, RTTI in C++, etc.

Yeah, it's funny how looking at things after taking a break sometimes 
makes all the difference.  I got your message after driving home from 
work, and I can see now how instead of calling

	propfind(arg1, arg2, arg3)

this particular piece of code is using:
	
	method(<method_name>).call(<arg1>, <arg2>, <arg3>)

After I read your reply, I looked at the code and it immediately made 
sense.

Thx for all the tips.  Time for more digging :)

Cheers,

-Dane