On 22/nov/06, at 23:28, Giles Bowkett wrote: > I just HATE writing "is_a? Array" because it's grammatically > incorrect. What about String#include? isntead of includes? :P > I realize this is incredibly silly and anal, but the thing is, all you > have to do is one simple alias command and you're good to go. > > so -- how do I contribute to Ruby itself? Do you mean how to add functionalities to core classes? class Object alias :is_an? :is_a? end "is_an?" is now an alias to "is_a?" -- Gabriele Marrone