From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2005-08-15T20:41:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Dear RubyGems: Perhaps a better way to override require...


gabriele renzi wrote:
> Trans ha scritto:
> > Learned something new pertaining to this today. You can override
> > require:
> >
> >   module Kernel
> >     def require
> >       #...
> >     end
> >   end
> >
> > And yet still access the original funtionality via the module-method:
> >
> >   Kernel.require( ... )
> >
> > Very handy.
>
> just use super:
>
> def require file
>   new stuff
>   super
> end
>
> the problem is that you can't stack overriding methods, you always get
> back  to the original one

Basicially my original idea, but w/o the module. Good idea. Thanks.

After trying every possibility multiple times using super does seem to
work the best.

T.