From: James Gray <james@...>
Date: 2008-02-29T00:07:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Monkeypatching is Destroying Ruby

Please don't top post.

On 2/28/08, James Gray <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:

> On Feb 28, 2008, at 8:16 AM, Florian Gilcher wrote:
>
>> Some time ago, many plugins had some implementation of
>> String#constantize (better, worse, the same as the Rails version).
>> This shows one thing:
>> Plugin authors are not aware of everything the language has to offer.
>
> Just to be clear, the Ruby programming "language" does not have a
> method called String#constantize.  It's provided by the Ruby on Rails
> "framework."

>
> On Feb 28, 2008, at 8:50 AM, avdi@avdi.org wrote:
>
>> That's what the poster said: "better, worse, the same as the Rails  
>> version".

Please reread the quote above where the poster hints that the method  
is provided by a "language."

James Edward Gray II