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03/10/2022

06:12 AM Ruby Feature #18618: no clobber def

@Dan0042 I like that syntax --much more convenient-- but I don't know if it would be useful to me if it were just toggling the existing warning.
But that syntax seems great:
```ruby
class MyClass < LibraryProvidedClass
no_clobber... ed_ (Ed Mangimelli)

05:50 AM Ruby Feature #18618: no clobber def

>Isn’t this the same idea as final methods in other languages like Java?
Had this discussion with a coworker --`final` is similar but is for the opposite direction. `final` lets the library *author* prevent overriding; I'm wanting a t... ed_ (Ed Mangimelli)

03/09/2022

03:31 PM Ruby Feature #18618 (Closed): no clobber def

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 c... ed_ (Ed Mangimelli)