Begin overhaul of dyadic ops. New coerce protocols.

lib/fOOrth/monkey_patch/object.rb

@@ -38,6 +38,19 @@ class Object
     raise XfOOrth::ForceAbort, msg
   end
 
+  #Argument coercion methods. These are stubs.
+
+  #Coerce the argument to match my type. Stub
+  def foorth_coerce(_arg)
+    error "Cannot coerce to a #{self.foorth_name}"
+  end
+
+  #Coerce the argument to match my type with min/max support. Stub
+  def foorth_mnmx_coerce(_arg)
+    error "Cannot min/max coerce to a #{self.foorth_name}"
+  end
+
+
   #New math methods. The mnmx_ prefix is short for min_max_.
   #These methods handle the default case for non-numeric data.
 

tests/monkey_patch/coerce_test.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+
+require_relative '../../lib/fOOrth/monkey_patch'
+require          'minitest/autorun'
+require          'minitest_visible'
+
+#Test the monkey patches applied to the coerce protocol.
+class CoerceProtocolTester < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
+
+  #Track mini-test progress.
+  MinitestVisible.track self, __FILE__
+
+  #Test that it embeds
+  def test_obect_stubs
+    obj = Object.new
+
+    assert_raises(XfOOrth::XfOOrthError) { obj.foorth_coerce(42) }
+    assert_raises(XfOOrth::XfOOrthError) { obj.foorth_mnmx_coerce(42) }
+  end
+
+
+end