From: Matt Armstrong <matt@...>
Date: 2003-01-04T02:46:03+09:00
Subject: How do I alias_method class methods?

The code below throws the following exception:

    /tmp/foo.rb:10:in `alias_method': undefined method `substitute_do_it'
    for module `Foo' (NameError)

This confuses me, because module Foo clearly has a substitute_do_it
method.  I want the code to print out:

    original do_it
    substitute do_it

code:

    module Foo
      class << self
        def do_it
          puts "original do_it"
        end
        def substitute_do_it
          puts "substitute do_it"
        end
        def do_substitute
          module_eval { alias_method :do_it, :substitute_do_it }
        end
      end
    end

    Foo.do_it
    Foo.do_substitute
    Foo.do_it

I thought I understood Ruby... ;-)