From: Avi Bryant <avi@...4.com>
Date: 2001-03-06T13:00:12+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:12080] Re: Ruby & AOP


On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:

> |So here is my main thougth: What about adding another callback named
> |"called"? Object.called seems like the right place..(??)
> <snip>
> |I'm afraid though that I haven't got a clue regarding the implementation or
> |issues involved. Does anyone have knowledge to see if it could be possible
> |somehow? Would it be worth the effort?
> 
> I like the idea, it's easy to implement, but performance would be an obstacle.

Matz,

what about allowing it to be enabled on a method-by-method basis?
i.e.,

trap_calls :method

That way the performance hit would only be for those methods it was needed
for.

To have this functionality supported at the interpreter level would be
*great*.

Avi