From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2006-01-09T05:12:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Ideas on "Why Living Dangerous can be A Good Thing" in Ruby?

On Jan 8, 2006, at 2:04 PM, Gregory Brown wrote:

> On 1/8/06, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
>> This is an excellent point, in my opinion.  If I write code like:
>>
>>    not_my_object.instance_eval { @secret_value += 1 }
>>
>> I know I'm crossing the line.  When it eventually breaks, I'll know
>> who's fault it is.  For now though, I'm telling Ruby, "Just trust me;
>> I know what I'm doing here."  The great part is that she believes me
>> and does it.  ;)
>
> This is definitely a point worth making, that *most* people know that
> meta-programming is dangerous stuff

If you are compiling this information for a written piece, I suggest  
beginning with some definitions.  I do not consider the above example  
metaprogramming, for example, just a violation of encapsulation.  :)

James Edward Gray II