From: Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...>
Date: 2009-09-18T20:25:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Monkey Patching 2 Methods, Overrides One Method, Not The Other

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On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Marc Heiler <shevegen@linuxmail.org> wrote:

> > I'm never quite sure what people mean by "monkey patching" -- it
> > always sounds like deliberately doing something badly, so that
> > having it not work shouldn't be a surprise :-)
>
> I am glad Dave is hitting on that so I don't have to!
> I got so downvoted on reddit when I tried to replace the term
> "monkey patching" with "god patching"  - guess I couldn't quite
> convince people that "god patching" would be a more appropriate
> name ... ;)
>
> But hey - I am just glad that I don't seem to be the only one with
> a slight dislike for the term "monkey patching". Poor monkeys, too!
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>
Monkey patching is supposed to be a euphemism for guerrilla patching, now
the euphemism needs a euphemism, lol.

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