Wednesday 7 August 2013

Link: alias vs alias_method

If you ever wondered what the difference was, this quick post by Neeraj Singh will show you the difference between alias and alias_method

TL;DR:

  • alias_method is slightly more flexible accepting strings or symbols
  • alias_method will redefine local methods at runtime - which means you can override the aliased method in a subclass and alias_method will pick this up
  • alias will keep the original scope when aliasing - so even if you override the method in a subclass, the aliased method will refer to the parent's original method
  • alias works nicer with rdoc

Don't forget to use a comma for alias_method

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