Re-defining an initialize method

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hi all,
while editing a class, i caught myself doing this:

class Foobar
  alias initialize old_initialize
  def initialize
    old_initialize
    # code
  end
end

and it doesn't look nice to me, is this really horrible in any way? or is it
something i should use, whenever needed?
greetings, Dirk.

2

i'm sorry, of course it should have been this:

alias old_initialize initialize

greetings, Dirk.

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2006/4/16, Dirk Meijer <hawkman.gelooft@gmail.com>:

hi all,
while editing a class, i caught myself doing this:

class Foobar
alias initialize old_initialize
def initialize
   old_initialize
   # code
end
end

and it doesn't look nice to me, is this really horrible in any way? or is
it
something i should use, whenever needed?
greetings, Dirk.