From: Paul Brannan <pbrannan@...>
Date: 2008-12-05T04:38:48+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:20317] Re: Behavior: autoload calls rb_require()  directly

On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 03:25:42AM +0900, Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:
> I agree. There's no practical reason anyone should be able to override  
> Fixnum#+, after all, and protecting the core simplifies implementation  
> and optimization too.

I agree.  Not having to check to see if Fixnum#+ is redefined each time
we want to add two integers would be a noticeable performance
improvement.

Paul