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Re:Ruby 3.4.0 by cyberpunk on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @05:07AM (#42507995)
It's very powerful though which is a bit terrifying. You can literally monkey patch Object at runtime and add methods to every single instantiated object! (I believe this is how rspec works..)

Awesome, but with great power come great responsibility ;)

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Re:Ruby 3.4.0 by tuyiown on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @05:26AM (#42508057)
Actually, learning ruby is great way to see the light and stop trying to be creative when writing code.

You end up feeling and steered to the the right idiomatic way of doing things is the satisfying way.

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Re:Ruby 3.4.0 by codesnik on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @07:37AM (#42508514)
RSpec moved from that quite some time ago. Monkey patching nowadays is usually frowned upon, even refinements, which could simulate monkey patching in a limited scope, are rarely used.
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Re:Ruby 3.4.0 by cyberpunk on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @02:18PM (#42510558)
Oh I'm extremely out of date, I was into ruby back when Why's guide was a thing. Maybe I'll revisit it someday if I ever get bored of go paying the rent.
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