From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2009-01-04T05:00:57+09:00
Subject: Re: What does 'Monkey Patching' exactly Mean in Ruby?

Hi --

On Sun, 4 Jan 2009, Phlip wrote:

>> That is not entirely true. For one the array has each_with_index but I
>> could not find collect_with_index.
>
> Then you should have written Array#collect_my_foo_objects_with_index, to 
> avoid a collision.
>
> Monkey patching is not for adding our own convenience methods, it is for 
> changing library code's internal behavior.

That's the tail wagging the dog, though. There's no pre-determined
practice called "monkey patching" that delineates what can or should
be done. You can add convenience methods and also change internal
behavior. It doesn't really matter, in the end, which one (or neither)
gets called "monkey patching". ("Neither" would be my option of choice
:-)


David

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