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Feature #18618

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no clobber def

Added by ed_ (Ed Mangimelli) about 2 years ago. Updated almost 2 years ago.

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Closed
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Target version:
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[ruby-core:107806]

Description

Sometimes I want to be certain I'm not clobbering/masking a method:

class Dog
  def bark
    'bark!'
  end
end

class Poodle < Dog
  raise if method_defined? :bark
  def bark
    'bow-wow'
  end
end

I propose creating a shorthand. Maybe something like:

class Dog
  def bark
    'bark!'
  end
end

class Poodle < Dog
  ncdef bark        # "no clobber" def
    'bow-wow'
  end
end

=> #<MethodAlreadyDefined: Method `bark' already defined.>

This would be useful in scenarios where subclassing a class (or including a mixin) you don't own is common practice --for instance, subclassing ApplicationRecord for your model in Rails.

I agree that ncdef is pretty ugly. Maybe def!

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