Issue #5015 has been updated by John Higgins. Lazaridis Ilias wrote: > John Higgins wrote: > [...] > > Mr. Higgins, you could write a book in your non-technical tenor about this issue, the fact remains: > > * callback: added any_method # false callback, "any_method" was *not* added by user Would you care to, even in passing, explain how I'm incorrect when it comes to the Child class example I gave? Or does clear, simple, 13 line examples showing specific cases where your hypothesis is incorrect too "non-technical a tenor" for you? You are nothing if not consistent at least........ ---------------------------------------- Bug #5015: method_added" is called in addition to "method_undefined http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/5015 Author: Lazaridis Ilias Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: ruby -v: 1.9.2 When a method is undefined via "undef_method :any_method", the following methods are called back: * method_added * method_undefined The expected behaviour is that only "method_undefined" is called (similar to "remove_method"). - class String def self.method_added(id) puts "callback: added #{id.id2name}" end def self.method_undefined(id) puts "callback: undefined #{id.id2name}" end def self.method_removed(id) puts "callback: removed #{id.id2name}" end end puts "\nundef method (buildin)" class String undef_method :capitalize end puts "\ndefine method" class String def any_method(*args) nil end end puts "\nundef method" class String undef_method :any_method end puts "\ndefine method" class String def any_method(*args) nil end end puts "\nremove method" class String remove_method :any_method end - OUTPUT: undef method (buildin) callback: added capitalize callback: undefined capitalize define method callback: added any_method undef method callback: added any_method callback: undefined any_method define method callback: added any_method remove method callback: removed any_method -- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org