From: Mathieu Bouchard <matju@...>
Date: 2001-05-09T03:40:52+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:14877] Re: How do I alias a class method?


On Wed, 9 May 2001, Sean Russell wrote:
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> Je Sabato 05 Majo 2001 17:17, vi skribis:
> > Colin Steele wrote:
> > > Subject says it all... How do I alias a class method?
> ...
> > class <<Foo
> >   alias :baz :bar
> > end
> This should be "alias_method", shouldn't it?

possibly; but "alias" is not only a name that is different, it is not
calling a method, it is a reserved word.  Notice that there is no comma
between the two arguments! I would guess it was created this way because
it was the first such feature added in Ruby, but Matz should know the
story quite exactly :-)

matju