From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2008-02-29T23:28:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Monkeypatching is Destroying Ruby



On Feb 29, 7:33 am, Florian Gilcher <f...@andersground.net> wrote:
> On Feb 29, 2008, at 1:20 PM, Trans wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Feb 24, 4:43 pm, Gary Wright <gwtm...@mac.com> wrote:
>
> >> Facets defines Hash#- based on [key,value] pairs and not keys.  An
> >> argument can be made for either approach but you can't integrate code
> >> bases that have different expectations for Hash#-.
>
> > BTW, there is a reason for that. You can do:
>
> >  ahash - otherhash.keys
>
> > T.
>
> That does not hurt the argument. If you expect this, you are fine.
> If you define or expect a different interpretation, you are in a world
> of pain.

Sure. I was just pointing out why that particular functionality was
chosen, vs. the other reasonable suggestion. That's another benefit of
using a common library --you get a lot of collective minds evolution
behind things.

T.