From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2007-11-13T23:38:29+09:00
Subject: Re: alias_method :tap, :affect

On Nov 13, 2007, at 8:35 AM, furtive.clown@gmail.com wrote:

> On Nov 13, 9:18 am, James Edward Gray II <ja...@grayproductions.net>
> wrote:
>>
>> Just for the sake of the archives, note that the above should use sub
>> () instead of gsub().
>
> But that is part of what you are not understanding.  'input' and 're'
> were originally presented as unknowns.  You can't change gsub to sub,
> just like you can't take out the block.

I'm uncomfortable with that line of thinking.  When I don't know what  
something contains, I don't default to the most damaging choice.

James Edward Gray II