From: Yukihiro Matsumoto Date: 2010-02-19T09:39:53+09:00 Subject: Re: System handling of undef_method Hi, In message "Re: System handling of undef_method" on Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:34:11 +0900, Paul F Fraser writes: |When a method is undefined, does the code hang around as orphaned code, |or is it garbage collected and totally removed, or some other action |performed? If the method is defined in the undef'ing class, the code will be garbage collected. If the method is defined in the superclass, it's just overridden. matz.