From: MenTaLguY <mental@...>
Date: 2007-06-22T05:38:20+09:00
Subject: Re: How do I intercept creation of fundatmental types, eg. []

On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:28:24 +0900, "Durant S." <mobiledurant@yahoo.com> wrote:
> For example, I can catch this:
> 
> b = Array.new
> 
> but I cannot catch this:
> 
> x = [3,4,5]
> 
> It seems like I should be able to do it with the awesome power of ruby
> :), but I can't figure out how.

It isn't possible without modifying the interpreter; in the latter case,
the array is created directly by the interpreter, rather than via a method call.

-mental