[ruby-core:21489] Re: Proposal: Module#copy_method

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 03:17, Yehuda Katz <[e-mail]> wrote:
> What you're suggesting could certainly work; I was looking for the least
> invasive possible change to Ruby's core that would still support an AOP DSL.
> Your suggestion is likely invasive enough to end up being a long-standing
> attempted project (it has been "in progress" at least since 2005), since it
> would mean that the AOP specifics would need to be implemented in core, as
> opposed to providing facilities for implementing it in pure Ruby which could
> then be rolled back in once the implementation is worked out.
> -- Yehuda

Right but it does seem to be much more direct at attacking both the
target problem (also probably making it more efficient) as well as
working across the board with C methods. Now it is invasive to Ruby
but I think a well working copy system might end up needing quite a
few adjustments for edge cases as well.

The only reason I brought it up is because the concept is from Matz's
slides (2005 granted but I think most of them are still valid
directions to take) which muse over quite a number of yet
unimplemented ideas. Some of them might be worth considering for an
upcoming 1.9 release as well as possibly a 1.8 release if we can show
it doesn't break old code (I can't think of why it would).

Brian.