From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2007-01-21T14:29:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting the version number for rubygems?

On 1/21/07, Devin Mullins <twifkak@comcast.net> wrote:
> Gregory Brown wrote:
> > instead of alias i'll use alias_method.
> Why? (Curious, not argumentative.)

alias is really a somewhat scary function.  I can't think of a good
example right now, but i've seen a couple different surprising things
with alias, wheras alias_method is simple and has normal behaviour.
Perhaps someone on the list can help me out with this.