From: Andrew Stewart <boss@...>
Date: 2007-10-03T17:25:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Discarding putc But Not puts


On 2 Oct 2007, at 16:54, 7stud -- wrote:

> Andrew Stewart wrote:
>> On 2 Oct 2007, at 13:36, 7stud -- wrote:
>>>
>>>   alias putc orig_putc
>>> end
>>
>> Aliasing back again worked -- thanks.
>>
>> It produces a warning ("discarding old putc") when it encounters the
>> second alias, at the end of the target method.  But I can live with
>> that.
>>
>
> I think the warning is saying, "Hey, there won't be any reference  
> to the
> putc def inside func if you do that last alias.  Well, how about using
> another alias to save the putc def in?
>
>   ...
>   alias garbage putc
>   alias putc orig_putc
> end

Ah, I see.  Adding another alias does indeed obviate the warning.   
Thanks for the insight.

Regards,
Andy Stewart

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