From: Arlen Christian Mart Cuss <celtic@...>
Date: 2007-09-01T08:20:35+09:00
Subject: Aliasing methods as a way to wrap them (Was: Re: Overriding	Kernel#raise)


> > module Kernel
> >  alias _raise raise
> > 
> >  def raise(*a)
> >    begin
> >        _raise(*a)
> >    rescue Exception => e
> >      $stderr.print e.class, ": ", e.message, "\n"
> >      $stderr.puts e.backtrace unless e.backtrace.nil?
> >    end
> >  end
> > end

I'm always a bit worried when I do this that there's a chance I'll be
aliasing my method right into someone else's aliased method. Is there
any way to do this 'safely'?

 - Arlen.