An alternative to monkeypatching in Ruby

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If you don't clearly understand the implications of "Monkeypatching" (also known as "Ninjapatching") then watch this:

http://rubymanor.org/videos/unobtrusive_metaprogramming/

Slides: 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/unob...

Ah, Sean is one of our bloggers but he's been dormant since the start of the blog. Maybe I can nudge him to write up some content based on this talk, as it looks quite interesting.

Thanks for sharing these links!

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