# Aaah yes ... clr interop

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**Category:** IronRuby\
**Created:** [May 14, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/aaah-yes-clr-interop/168003 "2009-05-14T21:59:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/aaah-yes-clr-interop/168003/1 "2009-05-14T21:59:05Z")

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I’m sorry I’ll probably keep hitting all those points while I’m writing  
integration specs.

Ok so would it be possible to have a way to configure the underlying  
type  
which methods it needs to redefine with a new operator  
public class SomeClass{  
public void MyMethod(){  
}  
}

public class Inheritor : SomeClass {  
public new void MyMethod(){  
//some new logic here  
}  
}

something like

class Inheritor \< SomeClass

redef\_method :my\_method

end

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**Author:** ![barby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@barby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/barby)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/aaah-yes-clr-interop/168003/2 "2009-05-14T22:49:16Z")

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ok… makes sense. I’ll add it to the distant future features list :)And  
if  
it doesn’t actually really invoke the method on the Inheritor then the  
redefine\_method probably doesn’t make much sense to implement.

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:31 PM, Curt H.  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)wrote:

> I’m sorry I’ll probably keep hitting all those points while I’m writing
> 
> ```
> public new void MyMethod(){
> 
> ```
> 
> end  
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**Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/aaah-yes-clr-interop/168003/3 "2009-05-14T22:36:57Z")

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In principle, this is absolutely something that could be done (though I  
wouldn’t expect we would do it any time soon).

_but_, this doesn’t do what I think you want. Previously-compiled calls  
to SomeClass.MyMethod won’t actually end up going to Inheritor.MyMethod  
even if the object is of type Inheritor. The base method would have to  
be defined as “virtual”, or the new method will end up in a new slot on  
the method table.

From: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
[[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)] On Behalf Of Ivan Porto  
Carrero  
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 12:23 PM  
To: ironruby-core  
Subject: [Ironruby-core] aaah yes … clr interop

I’m sorry I’ll probably keep hitting all those points while I’m writing  
integration specs.

Ok so would it be possible to have a way to configure the underlying  
type which methods it needs to redefine with a new operator

public class SomeClass{  
public void MyMethod(){  
}  
}

public class Inheritor : SomeClass {  
public new void MyMethod(){  
//some new logic here  
}  
}

something like

class Inheritor \< SomeClass

redef\_method :my\_method

end

## –

Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations  
Ivan Porto C.  
Blog: [http://flanders.co.nz](http://flanders.co.nz)  
Twitter: [http://twitter.com/casualjim](http://twitter.com/casualjim)  
Author of IronRuby in Action ([http://manning.com/carrero](http://manning.com/carrero))