From: Eero Saynatkari <ruby-ml@...>
Date: 2009-01-18T17:23:55+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:21402] Re: Proposal: Module#copy_method

Excerpts from Yehuda Katz's message of Sun Jan 18 09:26:19 +0200 2009:
> I'd like it to be possible to copy methods from one module to another. The
> rationale is that this feature would make it possible to modify existing
> methods without being forced to resort to aliasing.

Do you have an expanded use-case for this (copying in general)?
The chaining example seemed a bit convoluted, probably due to
having been distilled.

If implemented, it should certainly actually copy the method, but
I am a bit unsure of its utility at the user code level. How well
do you see it integrating with normal #include/#extend semantics?


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