Allow abstract methods to be implemented via `method_missing`

[amomchilov]

In theory: this should be possible:

# typed: true

require "type_toolkit"

module MyInterface
  interface!
  
  #: -> void
  def demo; end
end

class Parent
  def method_missing(m, ...)
    return super unless m == :demo
    
    puts "#demo implemented via #method_missing"
  end
end

class Child < Parent
  # Commenting out this module inclusion makes call succeed
  include MyInterface
end

Child.new.demo

For comparison, Sorbet's static typechecker doesn't allow this, because it doesn't have any way to prove what is or isn't implemented by method_missing. Sorbet runtime raises an error, which can be a change in runtime behaviour (compared to what you would expect without it):

# typed: true

require "sorbet-runtime"

module MyInterface
  extend T::Sig
  extend T::Helpers
  
  interface!
  
  sig { abstract.void }
  def demo; end
end

class Parent
  def method_missing(m, ...)
    return super unless m == :demo
    
    puts "#demo implemented via #method_missing"
  end
end

class Child < Parent
  # Commenting out this module inclusion makes call succeed
  include MyInterface
end

Child.new.demo # (NotImplementedError)
# The method `demo` on MyInterface is declared as `abstract`. It does not have an implementation.

[amomchilov]

If we want this, it would be pretty easy to implement like:

def method_missing(method_name, ...)
  super
rescue NoMethodError
  # In theory we could check `respond_to_missing?` instead, but there's a lot of code that
  # overrides `method_missing` without overriding `respond_to_missing?`.
  #
  # In those cases, `respond_to_missing?` would return false, even though `method_missing`
  # does ultimately make the method get responded-to correctly.

  if self.class.abstract_method_declared?(method_name)
    raise AbstractMethodNotImplementedError,
      "Abstract method #{method_name.inspect} was never implemented.",
      cause: nil
  else
    raise
  end
end

[reza6ix]

Hi! I'd like to help implement the method_missing support for abstract methods.
I'm familiar with Ruby's dynamic dispatch and the type_toolkit patterns. May I take
this on?

[mizoz]

Hi! I'd love to contribute. Could you assign this issue to me? Happy to get started right away.