Rails - Aug 2005 - obj.send(:y) acts different than obj.y for active record.

I found this pretty strange.  I have an ActiveRecord
object with x & y coordinates called X and Y



I can call the method "y" directly with no problems,
but when I try to call it using send I get an
ArgumentError.

 >> es.y
=> 30.468257171342
 >> es.send(:y)
ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (0 for 1)
         from (irb):7:in `y''
         from (irb):7


The method "x" seems to work fine.

 >> es.x
=> -84.2674903100158
 >> es.send(:x)
=> -84.2674903100158

Any suggested solutions/workarounds short of
renaming columns in my table?

Ron M wrote:
>  >> es.y
> => 30.468257171342
>  >> es.send(:y)
> ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (0 for 1)
>         from (irb):7:in `y''
>         from (irb):7

Hmm... thanks to someone on ruby-lang, I found
the solution.   I guess ''y'' is being handled
by method_missing, not by y (which apparently
is a private method of some base class of
activerecord?)


 >> es.send(:method_missing,:y)
=> 30.468257171342
 >>