From: Christoph <chr_mail@...>
Date: 2003-11-28T08:26:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Method wrapping

Peter wrote:
...
> My point was about something like this:
> 
>   def foo(a,b,c=3)
>     blah
>   end
> 
>   def foo:wrap(a,b)
>     blah blah
>     super
>   end
> 
> Is foo:wrap invalid or not? If it is, I assume the following 
> foo:wrap is valid, right?
> 
>   def foo:wrap(a,b,c)
>     blah blah
>     super
>   end
> 
> Either way, we loose the parameter with the default value,
> either because it's always 5 or because we always have to 
> specify a value. Only way is to repeat the default value in 
> foo:wrap. Unless there's special behavior for wrapping 
> methods somewhere.

I sort of suggested the latter possibility but judging from 
past record in this thread I'll bet that Matz is going to
opt for wrapper with changing default values:-)

/Christoph