Virtuous Code - Latest Comments in Announcing Ninja-Patching!

Re: Announcing Ninja-Patching!

Locjan — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:18:01 -0000

nice job, thanks for this useful article

Re: Announcing Ninja-Patching!

gambling — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:10:15 -0000

A python, a monkey, and a ninja walk into a bar.. LOL

Re: Announcing Ninja-Patching!

Soleone — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:39:38 -0000

That is really cool!

I had to laugh out loud while trying it out and understanding it!

"Objects, silence! Beware of the Ninja!"

Re: Announcing Ninja-Patching!

avdi — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:05:20 -0000

Paul: sorry about the lost comment. I'm increasingly not a fan of WordPress, period.

Re: Announcing Ninja-Patching!

Paul Batum — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:34:54 -0000

class ChosenOne
Thread.new do
while(Module.constants.grep(/Ninja/).empty?)
sleep(1)
end
Ninja.class_eval do
private
def attack!
# Ahah! The ninja is helpless!
end
end
end
end

My apologies, I'm still new to Ruby so I'm sure this could be nicer. I couldn't figure out a decent way to determine if a class is defined (it must be staring me right in the face), and the thread was the only way I could get it to work regardless of the require ordering.

Needless to say I enjoyed this post!

One other thing: I lost my comment the first time I submitted because I was prompted about OpenID. I am not a fan of that behaviour :/

Re: Announcing Ninja-Patching!

Poromenos — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:43:33 -0000

Being a Python developer, I have no strong feelings either way on this post, but I like your writing style!

Re: Announcing Ninja-Patching!

nicholas a. evans — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:50:36 -0000

"I intend to use “Ninja-Patching” from now on instead of that other phrase"

I personally favor "slapmethoding", which is entry #3 in _why's Complete List Of Substitute Names For The Maneuver We Now Know To Be Monkeypatching.

http://hackety.org/2007/08/10/myCompleteListOfS...

Re: Announcing Ninja-Patching!

she — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:03:10 -0000

But i must agree somewhat :-)

I think whenever someone mentions monkey patching from now on, I will refer to ninja patching. Sounds a lot better.

Re: Announcing Ninja-Patching!

she — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:02:46 -0000

"I suppose this was meant as a joke"

LOOK AT THE DATE MAN!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Announcing Ninja-Patching!

Reg Braithwaite — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:30:18 -0000

I suppose this was meant as a joke, but I intend to use "Ninja-Patching" from now on instead of that other phrase, the one actually invented by Python programmers."