From: Yukihiro Matsumoto Date: 2005-12-18T02:03:09+09:00 Subject: Re: Time.utc! and Time.localtime! Hi, In message "Re: Time.utc! and Time.localtime!" on Fri, 16 Dec 2005 00:56:21 +0900, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov writes: | class Time | alias_method "__utc__", "utc" | alias_method "utc!", "__utc__" | def utc *a, &b | warn "#utc method will change - use #utc! for self modifying behaviour!" | __utc__ *a, &b | end | end | |an some time might be enough to make the transition. I don't think this is good for transition, just because new code would still get complained. matz.