From: google@... (Tom Payne)
Date: 2003-01-31T03:43:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Aliasing class methods

Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@soyabean.com.au> wrote in message news:<24926588553.20030129113037@soyabean.com.au>...
> On Wednesday, January 29, 2003, 4:22:14 AM, Tom wrote:
> > I'd like to override File.open so that it automatically searches for a
> > file in a list of include paths. I'm trying to use alias, but I can't
> > get it to work. How to I do it, please? My code to date is:
>
> If I were you, I wouldn't be redefining such an important method, at
> least not without damn good reason.  I see no reason not to simply add
> your own:

Guy & Gavin, thanks for the answer.

Gavin, I agree that it's generally a Bad Idea to override important
methods like File.open. The specific behaviour I wanted in this case
was to cause some third-party code to search for files in a number of
directories, without touching the third party code.

I'm writing a LaTeX build system where input files can reside in any
directories listed in the TEXINPUTS environment variable.

Cheers,

Tom