Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.dougwise.org!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!talisker.lacave.net!lacave.net!not-for-mail From: 7stud -- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby Subject: Re: Using "class Object" for a project Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 12:37:23 -0500 Organization: Service de news de lacave.net Lines: 13 Message-ID: <717fee52af6aefd4dc83b6d8d78b6347@ruby-forum.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: bristol.highgroove.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: talisker.lacave.net 1305830468 46375 65.111.164.187 (19 May 2011 18:41:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@lacave.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 18:41:08 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: X-Received-From: This message has been automatically forwarded from the ruby-talk mailing list by a gateway at comp.lang.ruby. If it is SPAM, it did not originate at comp.lang.ruby. Please report the original sender, and not us. Thanks! For more details about this gateway, please visit: http://blog.grayproductions.net/categories/the_gateway X-Mail-Count: 383479 X-Ml-Name: ruby-talk X-Rubymirror: Yes X-Ruby-Talk: <717fee52af6aefd4dc83b6d8d78b6347@ruby-forum.com> Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.ruby:4774 Are you really that attached to the beauty of the word "Object"? If you must use the name Object, you can always delete all the methods in Object(note that in ruby 1.9.2 the top class is BasicObject). But 'monkey patching' like that can affect the clients of your code--they may expect to have ruby's normal functionality available to them. The easiest thing to do is just misspell Object, e.g. Obgect, Objekt, MyObject. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.