From: ahoward@... (ara howard)
Date: 2002-09-23T21:19:52+09:00
Subject: Re: alias/method redfinition

ts <decoux@moulon.inra.fr> wrote in message news:<200209191714.g8JHEeb09103@moulon.inra.fr>...
> >>>>> "a" == ara howard <ahoward@fsl.noaa.gov> writes:

> 
>  You use #eval which is evil

if the eval'd string is constant, why?


[snip]
>       def [] idx 
>          if @fields and idx.type == String
>             pos = @fieldpos[idx]
>             return nil unless pos
>             self[pos]
>          else
>             super
>          end
>       end

this works.  though i do not understand how the super remains bound to
the old [] after the call 'extend M'

-a