From: Johan Veenstra <johan.veenstra@...>
Date: 2007-12-29T01:51:25+09:00
Subject: Re: def if ; end - basically impossible?

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2007/12/28, Giles Bowkett <gilesb@gmail.com>:
>
> I'm writing some code which needs to do something unusual when it
> encounters an if, an else, or an end.
>
> >> def if
> >>   "asdf"
> >>   end
> => nil
> >> if
> ?>     true
> >>   end
> => nil
>
> The ?> line comes up because if appears to not be a method but an
> operator or something similar, so my override does nada.
>
> Is there any way to do this? It looks as if I have to either rethink
> my strategy or write some kind of parser.
>
You have defined a function namen "if", and you can call this function with
send(:if),
but this doesn't override the if-else/elsif-end construct.

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