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by epidemian 4296 days ago
> It's all method calls.

Probably nitpicking, but it's actually all messages. An object might not have a method "foo", but happily respond to the "foo" message.
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dragonwriter 4296 days ago
Its all method calls. Specifically, its all calls to #send, most of which get relayed to another method (either based on the message name or, if no such method exists, #method_missing.)
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throwaway0010 4296 days ago
And the object responds to the "foo" message by calling a method.

The difference is whether we're discussing the invocation or the response. OP's usage of method isn't incorrect in this case if it's discussing the response. It is true that all message responses (including accessors) are implemented using methods.

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epidemian 4296 days ago
> It is true that all message responses (including accessors) are implemented using methods.

An object can respond to a message even though it doesn't have a method with that name. A classic example are Rails' dynamic finders:

  User.methods.include?(:find_by_name)
   => false
  User.respond_to?(:find_by_name)
   => true
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dragonwriter 4296 days ago
> An object can respond to a message even though it doesn't have a method with that name.

Sure, by using a different method (method_missing); its still all method calls.

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throwaway0010 4293 days ago
Yes and the responses are implemented with methods. Always.
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