Ruby lets you redefine backticks
This actually works:
class Klass
def initialize
`hi world`
end
def `(message)
puts "Called with backticks: #{message}"
end
end
Klass.new # Prints "Called with backticks: hi world"
Hat tip to @jcoglan Show archive.org snapshot .
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