From: Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@...>
Date: 2000-11-24T02:48:16+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:6559] Re: alias_method and > and <

On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> In message "[ruby-talk:6525] Re: alias_method and > and <"
>     on 00/11/23, Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@dmu.ac.uk> writes:
> 
> |>   class Fixnum
> |>     alias :old_lt :<
> |>     def <(other)
> |>      puts "comparing"
> |>      old_lt(other)
> |>     end
> |>   end
> |
> |OK, but how do I do that in a module?  alias doesn't work there either.
> |I'm trying to write this once (DRY and all that) and then include it
> |in the classes where I need it.
> 
> Use two methods of Module:
> 
>  append_feature
>  alias_method
> 
> Currently I'm off.  I should be off. ;-)
> I don't explain it in detail, sorry.

OK.  I think I may have found the error: no comma between the arguments.
> 
> 							matz.
> 
	Thank you,
	Hugh