On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, Jacob Fugal wrote:

> On 6/27/06, Jacob Fugal <lukfugl / gmail.com> wrote:
>> #eql? is used in hash key collision resolution. Under nearly all
>> circumstances, #eql? will be synonymous with #==, and if your class
>> needs to override #== it will be sufficient to alias #eql? to #==.
>> Just note there are rare exceptions.
>
> The one question I do have regarding this is why isn't the default
> implementation of Object#eql? as an alias to Object#==? The
> documentation makes it clear that that's the intended behavior, and
> the common behavior for descendants of Object as well. It seems odd
> that it's not then codified as an alias. It seems redundant that we
> have to always remember to alias #eql? if we override #==; why can't
> it be the default to already be an alias?

but alias take a copy of the aliased method - so you'd still need to re-alias
right?

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