From: John Carter <john.carter@...>
Date: 2005-05-06T13:06:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Prove me Wrong! Re: RCR 303: nil should accept missing methods

On Fri, 6 May 2005, Eric Hodel wrote:

> I think that any RCR than can be implemented in pure ruby doesn't need to go 
> into the core.  You can place a package on RAA and get a project on RubyForge 
> for these kinds of things handily.

I agree with you in general, but not in this particular instance.

A scripting language like ruby is partly about cleanliness and brevity of 
expression. By making it part of the core, it permits even oneliners to 
use the simplicity it gives.

Since it does change NilClass, although I don't believe it breaks any 
existing code, it then makes a firm declaration that you can rely on any 
future system and RAA libraries not to break.


As I say, I'm willing to be proven wrong.


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