From: Mark Hubbart <discord@...>
Date: 2004-05-13T02:19:28+09:00
Subject: Re: in search of a compelling reason to use ruby....


On May 12, 2004, at 9:38 AM, Ryan Paul wrote:

> I'd like to
> know if ruby supports something like C++ namespaces, because something
> like that would probably vastly decrease the destructive potential of
> inconsistency, without killing its usefulness. I've suggested such a
> feature several times in the python world, but nobody seemed to see the
> benefit.

Ruby 2.0 will (probably) support selector namespaces. For more info:
http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?Rite

I agree that there should be some flexible namespace mechanism to help 
contain possible damage done by class redefinitions. It would be nice 
to, say, allow an external script to change core classes without 
worrying about it breaking someone else's code (in a shared interpreter 
context).

cheers,
--Mark