From: Day <iamday@...>
Date: 2008-02-09T07:20:45+09:00
Subject: Re: alias_method and initialize

On Feb 8, 2008 4:01 PM, Leon Bogaert <leon@tim-online.nl> wrote:
> Why isn't tests[1] filled? I tried instance_eval and stuff but I don't
> exactly understand what I'm supposed to do...

I could be wrong (of course!), but it looks to me like the aliasing
isn't working the way you think it should. Rather than
initialize_with_extras being triggered and then triggering Test's
initialize, only Test's initialize is being hit. Hrm. What happens if
you call initialize_with_extras just initialize and create a conflict?
Or maybe something like this?

module Extras
  alias_method :initialize, :initialize_without_extras

  def initialize
    initialize_without_extras #Do it!
    @tests[2] = 'ok too!'
  end
end

I'm sort of just guessing.


Ben