Historically, one of the reasons some people have disliked Sequel is that it modifies the core classes. Since Sequel 2, I'm fairly sure we've made fewer modifications than ActiveRecord and DataMapper, and since Sequel 3, these modifications can be disabled entirely so that Sequel doesn't modify core classes. Unfortunately, Sequel is not as user friendly without the modifications, though recent versions have made usage without the core extensions easier.
Probably the most significant new feature in ruby 2.0 is the addition of refinements, which basically allow scoped monkey patching, allowing you to add methods to core classes in your own code, without affecting the core classes outside your code. This is a natural fit for Sequel's core_extensions, so I've created an extension called core_refinements that adds refinements for most of the methods added in core_extensions. The core_refinements extension is available at http://pastie.org/pastes/5337588/text, and should be placed in lib/sequel/extensions/core_refinements.rb somewhere in your ruby load path if you want to use it. You'll also want to set the SEQUEL_NO_CORE_EXTENSIONS constant or environment variable before requiring Sequel so that the core extensions are not loaded. As refinements are still an experimental feature in ruby 2.0 preview1, and it is possible they will be removed entirely before ruby 2.0 final, I have decided not to commit this extension to the Sequel repository yet. If the ruby core team decides to include refinements in ruby 2.0 final, I will be committing this extension to Sequel. The ruby core team is looking for feedback on refinements, so if you want to try out the core_refinements extension on ruby 2.0 and give the ruby core team some feedback, I'm sure they'd appreciate it (https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/4085). Thanks, Jeremy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sequel-talk" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sequel-talk/-/MF5iwdSpbY4J. 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/sequel-talk?hl=en.
