From: Henry Maddocks <hmaddocks@...>
Date: 2012-08-18T09:51:14+09:00
Subject: Re: extending class, namespace question


On 17/08/2012, at 11:26 PM, Ronnie Aa wrote:

> Jan E. wrote in post #1072596:
>> Ronnie Aa wrote in post #1072589:
>>> So its better to not extend built-in classes, and ::Fixnum
>>> has nothing todo with Module::Fixnum , in the latter it's just
>>> a custom name for some class?
>> 
>> Yes, yes and yes. ;-)
> 
> But what about:
> 
> http://rubyworks.github.com/rubyfaux/?doc=http://rubyworks.github.com/facets/docs/facets-2.9.3/core.json#api-class-Array
> 
> These guys could make a living extending built-in classes. :)

As with everything in life, it's fine to extend built in classes as long as you're aware of the potential problems.

Henry