From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2004-11-13T05:33:45+09:00
Subject: Re: possible bug in method dictionary


On Nov 12, 2004, at 3:23 AM, nobu.nokada@softhome.net wrote:

> It silently redefines and discards old one.

OK. I think I have a more clarified issue now. Thank you very much Nobu 
for forcing me to look at this w/o inline. The key difference between 
what your version does and what inline does is in classes vs modules. 
Inline defines modules and then mixes them in with include. Maybe 
Inline shouldn't do that anymore, I dunno. It turns out that C 
extensions aren't even necessary to show what I am talking about. For 
example:

class MyTest
   def test_method
     puts "running stupid version"
   end
end

module MakeBetter
   def test_method
     puts "running better version"
   end
end

t = MyTest.new
t.test_method

class MyTest
   include MakeBetter
end

t.test_method

# just in case it is some static thing per instance:
t = MyTest.new
t.test_method

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Again... I'm not sure if this is a bug. It really depends on the 
language definition.