From: Sean O'Halpin <sean.ohalpin@...>
Date: 2006-07-05T14:25:57+09:00
Subject: Re: can I alias foo --> LongModuleName.foo?

On 7/5/06, John Gabriele <jmg3000@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd like to save some typing and do:
>
> --------- code ---------
> module LongModuleName
>     def LongModuleName.foo
>         puts "..."
>     end
> end
>
> # I don't want to have to keep typing out
> # LongModuleName.foo, so let's make a shortcut.
> alias foo LongModuleName.foo
>
> foo
> --------- /code ---------
>
> But Ruby doesn't like that alias line. Any way to get this nice
> shortcut to work?

Forgive me if I'm missing something obvious, by why not just use:

def foo;LongName.foo;end

Regards,
Sean