From: Florian Gilcher <flo@...>
Date: 2008-02-29T01:21:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Monkeypatching is Destroying Ruby


On Feb 28, 2008, at 4:07 PM, James Gray wrote:

> 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
>

As i said, it was an accidential error and should read "Framework".  
Programming Ruby for 5 years, I know the distinction ;).

Florian Gilcher