Re: Operator Overloading <<

--- Austin Ziegler <halostatue@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sorry, but this really doesn't have anything to do with my
> statement.
> One shouldn't inherit from Array, String, and Hash in Ruby
> because there
> are certain things that Don't Work the way that you'd expect
> them to
> because they are written in the C side.

In addition to this, I'd also say be very careful about
redefining methods in core classes. Same reason - they are
written in C. Many times the C code bypasses the standard
method call mechanism and calls other C code methods directly
so if you redefine you may not get what you want. An extreme
example is Regexp#=~. See what happens when you try to
override it - you'll get inconsistent results even if only ruby
code calls it.




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