From: Erik Veenstra <erikveen@...>
Date: 2006-07-22T20:05:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Meta-Meta-Programming, revisited

> > Do you remember the discussion about monitor-functions and
> > metameta-programming?
> >
> > Well, I've completely rewritten this Module#wrap_method. It
> > should be more robust now: thread-safety, better execution
> > order of recursively wrapped methods, better execution
> > order of method-is-defined-in-superclass, etc.

I'm still fighting the method-is-defined-in-module situation...

> > I added some convenience methods as well:
> > Module#pre_condition and Module#post_condition. These are
> > really easy to use!
>
> IMHO these functions need to be renamed. Those names remind
> me of DBC and do not fully reflect what they do. Moreover,
> some kind of DBC could be implemented using this module and
> hence you'd have a name clash.

I'll alias them... ;] (pre_action and post_action?)

> Good work!

Meanwhile, I use it all over: logging, counting, caching,
statistics. It's all done without touching the original code.
Feels good...

gegroet,
Erik V. - http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/