On 25 April 2012 11:11, Sergey Ezhov <[email protected]> wrote: > Try, for example, to find a method "method_missing". Fail!
http://rubydoc.info/stdlib/core/1.9.3/BasicObject#method_missing-instance_method example fail... > How I can trust documentation in which methods about which I already > know aren't described? A null hypothesis. >> And the very handy Rails API docs: >> http://api.rubyonrails.org/ > Bad documentation! There are no descriptions of many classes, there are > no descriptions of many methods, there are no descriptions of parameters > of methods, there are no descriptions of ALL possible parameter values > of methods. *sigh* so write them... or ask about specific places where you're stuck. Look, you're talking about things being difficult for beginners, and then wave "method_missing" as an example - to play with that is pretty serious meta-programming which will blow up horribly if you don't know what you're doing. There *is* plenty of reference for *how* to use method_missing if you look for it, even if it is not mentioned in the core docs. If you expect *everything* to be totally complete before you start using it, then you're going to be disappointed (in life, not just in Ruby/Rails). In all seriousness, if a few holes in documentation frustrate someone so much that they "stop and leave from Ruby and Rails" then maybe it wasn't for them in the first place - it takes all sorts to run the world, and everything is not for everyone :-/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
