# randomly placed in an initialization file Object.class_eval do def to_s "a" end end # in some other context perhaps a controller

# randomly placed in an initialization file Object.class_eval do def to_s "a" end end # in some other context perhaps a controller action... def lookup_user user = User.find_by_name(params[:name].to_s) if user.blank? flash[:error] = "No user found by that name" redirect_to "/users" return end # good stuff goes here end # # try debugging it... it's tricky... use grep? # the thing is this is actually not too bad... in C++ try debugging a memory leak... (formatting...)