From: Sean O'Dell <sean@...>
Date: 2004-06-26T01:55:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Is it considered Harmful?

On Friday 25 June 2004 09:51, Dave Thomas wrote:
> On Jun 25, 2004, at 11:44, Sean O'Dell wrote:
> >> How would you handle
> >>      a = /cat/
> >>      a.class = File
> >>      a.read
> >
> > How is that any different from:
> >
> > class Regexp
> >   include Enumerable
> > end
>
> Modules (such as Enumerable) only add methods. Classes also have state.
>
> Again, how would the File example work?

a.read would do what #read does when it can't read because there's no open 
file.  What does #read do now when it encounters an error it can't handle?  
Raise an exception?

	Sean O'Dell