[Newbies] Re: OOP Question - adding methods to core classes

[Sean P. DeNigris]

Ralph Johnson wrote:
> 
> Yes, this is the Smalltalk way.
> 
Thanks.  It was actually a lot of fun to chop away large sections of the
method.


Ralph Johnson wrote:
> 
> When you add a method to existing classes, you want to try to avoid name
> clashes.  Pick a name that nobody else is likely to use.   encodeForXmlRpc
> is a good name for that reason.
> 
Yeah, I went down that little path, where I kept the "encode" name and then
thought, "hmm... not a good name for a method on a core class"

Sean
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