From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2000-09-12T21:46:41+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:4895] Re: Re-binding a block

Yasushi Shoji <yashi@yashi.com> writes:

> maybe i'm missing something but why not just use alias?
> 
>     class String
> 
>       alias _upcase upcase
> 
>       def upcase
> 	res = _upcase
> 	res.tr '_', '~'
>       end
> 
>     end

I'm trying to do something more generic, and that also avoids the
problems with infinite loops that can arise with renaming in
subclasses.


Dave