13.2. Modifying Ruby’s core classes and modules
The openness of Ruby’s classes and modules—the fact that you, the programmer, can get under the hood of the language and change what it does—is one of the most important features of Ruby and also one of the hardest to come to terms with. It’s like being able to eat the dishes along with the food at a restaurant. How do you know where one ends and the other begins? How do you know when to stop? Can you eat the tablecloth too?
Learning how to handle Ruby’s openness is a bit about programming technique and a lot about best practices. It’s not difficult to make modifications to the core language; the hard part is knowing when you should, when you shouldn’t, and how to go about it safely.
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