# Warning: discarding old \? **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [11 December 2002 17:24 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/warning-discarding-old-methodname/3536 "2002-12-11T17:24:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lind\_Juergen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@Lind\_Juergen](https://rubytalk.org/u/Lind_Juergen)\ **Post date:** [11 December 2002 17:24 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/warning-discarding-old-methodname/3536/1 "2002-12-11T17:24:22Z")
Hmm sounds quite like I thought but I donot see the point. May it come indirectly through require statements like: - module M requires a.rb and b.rb - both, a and b require c.rb I’ll have to examine tomorrow, for today it’s enough 😉 I use stable 1.6.7 on win32 Best wishes Juergen Lind > **···** > > -----Original Message----- > From: [dblack@candle.superlink.net](mailto:dblack@candle.superlink.net) [[mailto:dblack@candle.superlink.net](mailto:dblack@candle.superlink.net)] > Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 6:14 PM > To: [ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org](mailto:ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org) > Subject: Re: warning: discarding old ? > > Hi – > > On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Lind, Juergen wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > why does this warning come up? > > What might be wrong with my code? > > The warning (“discarding old ”) comes up when you discard an > old method 🙂 > > It basically means that you’ve overridden a method without saving > a path to the old version of the method. > > For example: > > class String > def split; end > end > > However, if you do this: > > class String > alias :oldsplit :split > def split; end > end > > the old method is still available (as oldsplit), so it has not > been discarded and there’s no warning. > > David > > – > David Alan Black > home: [dblack@candle.superlink.net](mailto:dblack@candle.superlink.net) > work: blackdav@shu.edu > Web: [http://pirate.shu.edu/~blackdav](http://pirate.shu.edu/~blackdav)