From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2007-10-24T21:17:46+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Time Window (#144)

On Oct 24, 2007, at 3:04 AM, Philip Gatt 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?

Like most things, it's just another tool in your belt.  You'll need  
to consider when to use it and when not to.

On the plus side, slowly transforming Ruby into the language of a  
problem is a powerful way to work.  The minus is that you can make it  
hard to use your code with other Ruby solutions in the process.

You will need to decide when that's a good trade-off and when it's  
not.  Ruby trusts you to make the choice.

James Edward Gray II