From: Eric Mahurin <eric.mahurin@...>
Date: 2008-03-01T04:40:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Monkeypatching is Destroying Ruby

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On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:

> FACETS DOES NOT OVERRIDE ANY BUILT-IN METHODS.
>

You don't have to yell, but I'm glad to hear this.  BTW, "redefine" is
probably the better term to use.  Derived classes "override" methods in
their base class.

In the context of the previous methods, I falsely jumped to the conclusion
that Hash#- was part of the std ruby distribution since a conflict in what
the functionality should be was being discussed.  I apologize.  I don't keep
track of what all methods are available in each class (especially String,
Array, and Hash).


>
> It's a way to provide some tertiary standardization
> around common Ruby idioms.
>

Yep.  I think your library is providing things that YOU think should be part
of Ruby.  If somebody else provides methods for what they think should be
part of Ruby, your library and their code most likely won't play together.

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