On Jan 20, 2007, at 23:33, Gregory Brown wrote:
> On 1/21/07, Eric Hodel <drbrain / segment7.net> wrote:
>> On Jan 20, 2007, at 21:29, Gregory Brown wrote:
>> > On 1/21/07, Devin Mullins <twifkak / comcast.net> wrote:
>> >> Gregory Brown wrote:
>> >> > instead of alias i'll use alias_method.
>> >> Why? (Curious, not argumentative.)
>> >
>> > alias is really a somewhat scary function.  I can't think of a good
>> > example right now, but i've seen a couple different surprising  
>> things
>> > with alias, wheras alias_method is simple and has normal behaviour.
>> > Perhaps someone on the list can help me out with this.
>>
>> You're seeing phantoms.  There's no difference between alias_method
>> and alias on the inside.
>
> Hah.  That'd explain why I am scared.
>
> I forget what the cases were, but Sebastian Delmont did a talk on
> things he found surprising in Ruby, and the stuff he pulled up for
> alias vs. alias_method was pretty convincing.

any slides online?

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