From: "Jesús Gabriel y Galán" <jgabrielygalan@...>
Date: 2007-10-24T17:23:35+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Time Window (#144)

On 10/24/07, Philip Gatt <gattster@gmail.com> wrote:
> That's the same thought that I had.  Assuming that any? didn't exist,
> I am still fearful of adding methods to core classes. I think core
> classes should only be modified in special cases, like building a
> framework.
>
> How do the rest of us feel about this?

Well, first of all it depends if you are building a library that
someone will use, or just a program that will run independently. If
it's the former, even then I would think that just adding methods is
OK, as long as the method makes sense. What should be done with really
great care (or not at all) is modifying existing methods. But I'm
fairly new to Ruby so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

Jesus.