matz / ruby-lang.org (Yukihiro Matsumoto) writes:


[...]

> |I'm looking for the "fastest" way to add a method to an existing class, in
> |a Ruby program.
> 
> In ToDo file, there's an entry:
> 
>   * def Class#method .. end ??
> 
> "??" means vague possibility.  I think I need alternative syntax
> (using # is confusing with comments).

Yes, I agree, # would be confusing.

Dave talked about `define_method'; is there a mandatory reason why it
should stay private?

If this is for back-compatibility, we could have a similar method called
`add_method', a public one.




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