From: Christopher Dicely <cmdicely@...>
Date: 2009-03-21T06:48:33+09:00
Subject: Re: INeedzPrepend

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 2:59 AM, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ruby's gone too long now without something --anything, in the way of
> this:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-core-google/browse_thread/thread/bf71070dc26a60bb/cf49db443e8352f6?hl=en#cf49db443e8352f6
>
> A long time ago Matz suggested :pre and :post method modifiers, but we
> never got them. #prepend seems simpler, and certainly easier to
> implement.
>
> Can I get an amen? Can I get support to put this a fast track? It's an
> exceptionally powerful idea (maybe not full blown cut-aop powerful,
> but it covers the most important aspects. hehe, pun intended).

Isn't ruby-core the place to suggest changes to the Ruby language?
Further, I don't really see the need here: if you need AOP-like
features in Ruby, there are frameworks (e.g., Aquarium) that provide
this feature and a lot more. Why does this specific feature need to be
a core feature of the language?