From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2003-11-27T15:07:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Method wrapping

Hi,

In message "Re: Method wrapping"
    on 03/11/27, Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> writes:

|1. If I want to redefine a "secondary" method (or whatever I should
|call it), can I do so? It seems that an attempt to redefine
|foo:pre would simply add a new foo:pre.

They are auxiliary methods.  And "no", you can't "redefine" those
methods.  You have to remove them first, using no-yet-designed method
reflection API.

|2. If the primary method is redefined, do the "secondary" methods
|get cancelled? Or do they simply remain in place?

They remain in place.  They will be removed altogether when you remove
the method using "remove_method" method.

							matz.