From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2002-04-12T16:22:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Idea for a new shorthand

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yukihiro Matsumoto" <matz@ruby-lang.org>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 2:09 AM
Subject: Re: Idea for a new shorthand


> |Do you see where I'm going? I propose a special
> |name "prior" that will automatically refer to the 
> |prior definition of any method that is being replaced.
> |No aliases will be necessary.
> |
> |    def system_method
> |      if today == Sunday
> |        # Do some stuff...
> |      end
> |      prior
> |    end
> |
> |What do you think?
> 
> I know the problem you want to solve.  I'm considering something like
> CLOS's method combination, or Emacs's defadvice for the matter.

OK, I am glad it is a sensible idea...

I know nothing of CLOS or of this defadvice thing, however.

If anyone wishes to enlighten me, I would like to learn.

Matz, you are perhaps too busy for that... I would prefer you 
spend time on Rite... and I know you will write Rite rightly, right?

Hal