From: dblack@... Date: 2006-01-17T22:37:50+09:00 Subject: Re: basic question about Fixnum & Integer Hi -- On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, David Vallner wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 04:05:00 +0100, wrote: > >> Or maybe not. I've heard extremely little about anyone actually using >> any of the libraries that make block-scoped core changes possible. >> Maybe there isn't all that great a demand for orderly ways to do it. >> > > Well d'oh. They're rare, and they usually give unconventional behaviour to > existing code, I'd be very surprised if they were present in stable > prouction-code due to the risks involved. I think we're talking about two different things. I'm referring to Ruby Behaviors, Import Module, and a third project whose name I can't remember but which does something similar: allow for temporary changes to core classes. David -- David A. Black dblack@wobblini.net "Ruby for Rails", from Manning Publications, coming April 2006! http://www.manning.com/books/black