From: Stefan Lidman <stelid-6@...>
Date: 2004-03-31T17:36:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Silly question...

>Is there any way of completely remove a class object's methods instead of
>extending the class?
>
>I'd like to be able to do:
>
>class A
>   attr :t
>   def initialize
>       @t = 1
>   end
>end
>
>a = A.new
>puts a.t   # => 1
>
># Not extending... redefining here....
>class A
>   attr :x
>   def initialize
>       @x = 3
>   end
>end
>
>
>a = A.new
>puts a.x # => 3
>puts a.t # => error, instead of outputing nil
>
>I'm finding the above to be a major pain when debugging and prototyping new
>code in either irb or an embedded ruby, every time I reload a library.

What version are you using I have 1.8.1 and for me that code outputs:
1
./first.rb:20: warning: method redefined; discarding old initialize
3
nil


line 20 is the second "def initialise" line and the warning goes away
when I dont run it with "-w".

/Stefan