Re: Injecting names & method chaining (was Re: [ANN] Penlight Libraries, First release)

[Petite Abeille <petite_abeille@...>]

On May 5, 2009, at 9:10 AM, steve donovan wrote:

> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 7:21 AM, Petite Abeille  
> <petite_abeille@mac.com> wrote:
> > > > --> Don't use the "module" function.
> > >
> > > Amen.
> >
> > Nonsense :)
>
> ...
> But, seriously, the point about everybody putting stuff into standard
> tables willy-nilly is valid.

Well, Objective-C had the concept of "category" [1] for the longest  
time, and it hasn't collapse on its own weight yet. If you have access  
to Mac OS X, take a look at how many methods are stuffed in the root  
class, NSObject...

But, to paraphrase Stan Lee, with great power comes great  
responsibility... "How you Use Categories" [2]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective-C#Categories
[2] http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ObjectiveC/Articles/ocCategories.html#/ 
/apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30001163-CH20-TPXREF141