From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2003-11-28T13:42:21+09:00
Subject: Re: pre/post question/idea

Hi,

I prefer :pre, :post.

In message "Re: pre/post question/idea"
    on 03/11/28, "David A. Black" <dblack@wobblini.net> writes:

|> Nothing against this idea, just noting how my brain reads Ruby code right
|> now. The x:*** syntax screams special case to me, and this doesn't.
|
|My concern is that, as people get used to doing this, x:*** will cease
|to be a special case, but will still look like one :-)

That's the point.  Hooking method is a part of metaprogramming, which
should be handled with care, even in the future.  x:*** are a good
signs for it.

							matz.