On 6 Jan 2009, at 23:56, Harold A. Giménez Ch. wrote:

> Thanks for the response.
>
> So how in the world is this implemented? The []= method's source  
> code is in C. Other classes override it in a subclass, which works  
> fine, but how would I go about implementing a method that works like  
> the Hash class' []= method?
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by "skipping alias_method_chain" this  
> time. If I do
>
> alias :[]_without_feature=, :[]=
> alias :[]=, :[]_with_feature
>
> I get the same error, as expected. So how would I go about changing  
> this method's behavior?
>

just call it square_bracket_without feature or something like that.  
the problem isn;t the method aliasing it's defining a method called  
[]_with_feature=

Fred

> Thanks again,
> -H
>
> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Frederick Cheung <frederick.che...@gmail.com 
> > wrote:
>
>
> On 6 Jan 2009, at 23:36, Harold wrote:
>
> >
> > I'm trying to monkeypatch the []= method in the Hash class:
> >
>
> doesn't seem to be anything to do with alias_method_chain -  just
> sticking
> def []_with_feature=(a,b)
>   puts 'foo'
> end
>
> into irb causes similar errors. You'll just have to skip alias method
> chain this time.
>
> Fred
> > Hash.class_eval do
> >  def []_with_feature=(a,b)
> >    puts 'foo'
> >  end
> >  alias_method_chain :[]=, :feature
> > end
> >
> > Something is wrong with the syntax, but I can't figure out what. The
> > alias_method_chain method does look for punctuation (= in this case)
> > and expects it to be at the end of the aliased method ([]
> > _with_feature=), but I get the following syntax error:
> >
> > SyntaxError: compile error
> > (irb):5: syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting '='
> > (irb):7: syntax error, unexpected kEND, expecting ')'
> > (irb):9: syntax error, unexpected kEND, expecting ')'
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -H
> > >
>
>
>
>
>
> >


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