From: Brian Marick <marick@...>
Date: 2008-05-07T22:06:41+09:00
Subject: Word for monkeypatching


On May 7, 2008, at 5:08 AM, David A. Black wrote:
> Not by everyone :-) I know I'm in the minority, but I'll put in a word
> for those of us who dislike and, at least in my case, do not (and
> never will) use the term "monkeypatching". It seems to me to do a very
> bad job of conveying what's actually happening, which is neither
> patching, in any sense that I've ever heard the term used, nor
> "monkeying" (i.e., monkeying with the code, or monkeying around). All
> "monkey" connotations are negative, and the issue of whether or not
> its a good idea to modify existing classes in any given case is a lot
> more complicated.


David: do you have an alternate word or short phrase suitable for  
using frequently? That is, something that fits in this sentence:

       I got tired of that, so I
       monkey-patched <classname>NSNotification</classname>
       to define <methodname>[]</methodname>:


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