2009/8/25 Dhruva Sagar <[email protected]>: > Hi Philip, > I am reasonably new to rails, i've fallen in love with it :). > Reading your response, though I understand what your saying but I don't have > enough knowledge on how one can do something like that,
Since you top posted your comment it is unclear which 'something like that' you are referring to. Is it creating a method my_blank? or monkey patching that you want help with? Colin > could you be > generous enough to share some resource links or something where I could read > something about it? > Thanks! > Thanks & Regards, > Dhruva Sagar. > > > Stephen Leacock - "I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I > shall some day die, which is not so." > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 5:29 AM, Philip Hallstrom <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Does anyone know a way to override .blank? method that rails provides. >> > I want to add additional custom checks (specific to my application) to >> > this method. >> >> I'd tread very carefully here. I know I use .blank? all over the >> place. I imagine Rails and lots of plugins do as well. You may well >> be changing behavior in libraries you're not aware of... >> >> I'd suggest if at all possible to create your own .my_blank? method >> (with a better name of course) and use that where appropriate. >> >> Otherwise... search the rails source for "def blank?" and then simply >> override it by monkey patching it. >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
