From: Shugo Maeda <shugo@...>
Date: 2010-12-07T15:53:21+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:33608] Re: [Ruby 1.9-Feature#4085][Open] Refinements and nested methods

Hi,

2010/12/6 Charles Oliver Nutter <headius@headius.com>:
>> I also hope that 1.9.x would be stable, but I'd like to develop
>> aggressively in trunk. �I don't think the current design and
>> implementation of refinements are mature, but I can't make them mature
>> on my own, so I'd like to have help from other committers.
>
> This is what topic branches are for :) I don't believe refinements
> should land on trunk, since it's not yet clear whether they should be
> included at all. Landing them now, making multiple additional commits
> to them, and propagating their changes throughout other
> subsystems...all will make it harder to roll back Refinements if it is
> decided they shouldn't get into standard Ruby.

What do `other subsystems' mean?  libraries?
I think standard libraries should not use refinements until they are
stated as an official feature.

> I think everyone knows how to check out an alternative branch or
> repository :) If they would like to assist you (and you would like
> them to assist you) they can do it that way. It shouldn't be done on
> mainline, in my opinion, until it has solidified a bit more and it's
> certain to be included in an upcoming "standard" Ruby release.

As Shyouhei says, I doubt they can do it that way.

-- 
Shugo Maeda