If you don't clearly understand the implications of "Monkeypatching" (also known as "Ninjapatching") then watch this: http://rubymanor.org/videos/unobtrusive_m

If you don't clearly understand the implications of "Monkeypatching" (also known as "Ninjapatching") then watch this: http://rubymanor.org/videos/unobtrusive_metaprogramming/ http://rubymanor.org/videos/unobtrusive_metaprogramming/ Slides: http://seanohalpin.github.com/unobtrusive-metaprogramming/unobtrusive-metaprogramming.html http://seanohalpin.github.com/unobtrusive-metaprogramming/un... Its a nice little talk explaining in detail whats going on with all this namespace pollution in Ruby. Here is the direct link to the mp4 btw.: http://rubymanor.org/videos/unobtrusive_metaprogramming/unobtrusive_metaprogramming.mp4 http://rubymanor.org/videos/unobtrusive_metaprogramming/unob...