Hooks, aspect-oriented programming, and design by contract

[montanaro at tttech.com]

    Luigi> maybe I'm just reinventing the wheel, but I just noted that
    Luigi> Alex's Aspecter function can easily be twitched to enforce some
    Luigi> kind of design by contract (which of course can be considered an
    Luigi> aspect).

Can someone point me to an introduction to aspect-oriented programming?
Will I possibly know it by some other name?

Thx,

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