From: Drew Olson <olsonas@...>
Date: 2007-10-16T08:09:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Override methods from a module

Gavin Kistner wrote:
> goof = Bar.new
> goof.bar
> #=> before class
> #=> in class
> #=> after class

Gavin -

Thanks for the responses. I think you're examples are interesting, 
however I'm not sure this will help me as my objects are already in 
inheritance chains. Ideally, I want to be able to include a module that 
will "magically" add functionality to existing methods without forcing 
any other code changes. Obviously this presents some challenges. 
Initially, I figured I would be able to alias the current method, 
override the existing method in the module and then call the original 
version when I was done. However, because I was including the module at 
the top of the class it was not yet able to see that the setup/teardown 
methods existed yet.

Your examples definitely help and may have helped me with another way of 
looking at the problem but I'm not sure they'll work as my objects are 
already extending parent objects.

- Drew
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