From: James Britt <james.britt@...>
Date: 2008-03-01T12:23:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Monkeypatching is Destroying Ruby

Clifford Heath wrote:
> Trans wrote:
>> FACETS DOES NOT OVERRIDE ANY BUILT-IN METHODS.
> 
> I enjoy using Facets, but it does cause problems in combination
> with other common frameworks, particularly Rails. It'd be really
> good to see some effort being put to getting common behaviors for
> methods provided by commonly-used frameworks. 


It's just too much work.

I suspect, though, that the very thing being derided is exactly what 
would make such a byzantine scheme unnecessary.

If there is a combination of tools you would like to use, but they 
collide in some way, it is quite possible that deliberate file-loading 
order, combined with re-opening/selective re-definition of the offending 
classes, would allow you to carry on.

Such class orchestration could become a meta-library; those who want it 
can build it, while the library authors can continue to scratch their 
own itch.

-- 
James Britt

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the
intelligent are full of doubt."
  - Bertrand Russell