From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2007-01-21T16:33:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting the version number for rubygems?

On 1/21/07, Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net> wrote:
> On Jan 20, 2007, at 21:29, Gregory Brown wrote:
> > 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.
>
> You're seeing phantoms.  There's no difference between alias_method
> and alias on the inside.

Hah.  That'd explain why I am scared.

I forget what the cases were, but Sebastian Delmont did a talk on
things he found surprising in Ruby, and the stuff he pulled up for
alias vs. alias_method was pretty convincing.