From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2003-09-17T00:43:00+09:00
Subject: Re: How to alias a class method

>>>>> "D" == Dmitry V Sabanin <sdmitry@lrn.ru> writes:

D> Following code is not working:
D>   alias :orig_get_abc, :get_abc

 you need to be in the singleton class to make the alias

svg% cat b.rb
#!/usr/bin/ruby
class Abc
   def self.get_abc arg
      puts "abc"
   end
   class << self
      alias orig_get_abc get_abc
   end
end

Abc.orig_get_abc(12)
svg% 

svg% b.rb
abc
svg% 



Guy Decoux