[ruby-core:102887] [Ruby master Bug#17725] Prepend Breaks Ability to Alias

Issue #17725 has been updated by joshuadreed (Josh Reed).


One more detail.

``` ruby 
module Dummy; end
class String
  alias_method(:old_plus, :+)
  def + other
    puts 'blah blah'
    old_plus(other)
  end
end


String.prepend(Dummy)

class String
  alias_method(:old_plus2, :+)
  def + other
    puts 'blah blah2'
    old_plus2(other)
  end
end

'a' + 'b'
```

If the method was aliased prior to prepending, the method is perfectly re-alias-able.

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Bug #17725: Prepend Breaks Ability to Alias
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17725#change-90947

* Author: joshuadreed (Josh Reed)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* ruby -v: ruby 3.0.0p0 (2020-12-25 revision 95aff21468) [x86_64-darwin19]
* Backport: 2.5: UNKNOWN, 2.6: UNKNOWN, 2.7: UNKNOWN, 3.0: UNKNOWN
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Prepending any module to `String` and `Hash` (and possibly other or all classes?) blocks the ability to `alias` 

As an example:
``` ruby
module Dummy; end
# String.prepend(Dummy)
class String
  alias_method(:old_plus, :+)
  def + other
    puts 'blah blah'
    old_plus(other)
  end
end

'a' + 'b'

> blah blah
```

``` ruby
module Dummy; end
String.prepend(Dummy)
class String
  alias_method(:old_plus, :+)
  def + other
    puts 'blah blah'
    old_plus(other)
  end
end

'a' + 'b'

>
```

Prepending after an `alias` does not affect the previous `alias`



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