From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2009-09-01T03:43:41+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:25229] Re: Module#prepend and Array#prepend

Hi,

In message "Re: [ruby-core:25228] Re: Module#prepend and Array#prepend"
    on Tue, 1 Sep 2009 03:24:30 +0900, Yusuke ENDOH <mame@tsg.ne.jp> writes:

|However, I think that module inclusion is not such a patching tool;
|open class is.

|Then, I guess that what we really need is a method wrapping feature:
|
|  class Person
|    refine_method(:speak) do |old_method, words|
|      # old_method is a Method of original definition
|      old_method.call("#{ words }!")
|    end
|  end
|  Person.new.speak("matz") #=> "matz!"

Can you elaborate why you think module inclusion is not such a
patching tool, and the above "refine_method" is sought solution than
Module#prepend?

							matz.