From: Daniel Berger <Daniel.Berger@...>
Date: 2005-08-11T03:07:07+09:00
Subject: Modules, identical methods and warnings

Hi all,

I was just thinking about the potential issue of including multiple 
modules with identical method names.  Specifically, I was wondering 
about the -w switch.

Consider:

class Foo
    attr_reader :test
    def test; end
end

Running this with -w emits, "warning: method redefined; discarding old 
test".

Now consider:

module Bar
    def test; end
end

module Baz
    def test; end
end

class Foo
    include Bar
    include Baz
end

Shouldn't -w emit a warning in this case?  If not, why not?  If so, how 
difficult would it be to implement?  And would it have any annoying -w 
side effects?

Regards,

Dan