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Ruby's `alias_method` Behavior
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>> class Foo
> def bar; 1 end
> alias_method :baz, :bar
> end
=> Foo
>> class FooTwo < Foo
> def bar; 2 end
> end
=> nil
>> FooTwo.new.bar
=> 2
>> FooTwo.new.baz
=> 1
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jneen commented Aug 25, 2011

I've used this before, and found it very convenient - it does exactly what you'd expect:

class Module
  def soft_alias(from, to)
    define_method(from) do |*args, &blk|
      send(to, *args, &blk)
    end
  end
end

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