From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2005-08-20T09:48:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Non-overridable and non-redefinable methods

On 8/19/05, Eric Mahurin <eric_mahurin@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Fixnum#<most methods>
> String#<most methods>
> Object#<most methods>

I disagree on all three. In no way do I believe that such overriding
is problematic, and I would never trade this flexbility for an attempt
at speed. Some methods, perhaps, but only those that fit the
/\b__[\w\d]+__\b/ pattern and are defined in the core. That's a lot
fewer than you're suggesting.

-austin
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