Avdi Grimm schrieb: > My question is, has anyone put any thought towards establishing > conventions for metaprogramming, so that we don't step on each other's > toes as we add more and more nifty declarative features to Ruby? Is > there any interest in such an effort - coming up with an agreeable set > of conventions for how to apply advice to methods, and how to store > extension-specific data for objects/classes, and possibly creating a > library that would hide the details of sticking to the convention? Jim Weirich schrieb in Re: Rails vs. Ruby Evolution: > The moral of the story is: You need to be careful in creating libraries > that touch the "public" portions of Ruby. I've been meaning to write > down a few guidelines that I tend to follow, but haven't had time yet. > I think the time is ripe for someone to codify a "How to play together > nicely in Ruby" set of guidelines. Avdi and Jim, those are great ideas. Sorry, currently I have not more to offer, just wanted to support your thoughts :-) Regards, Pit