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- This issue's title and/or description do not reference a single formula e.g.
brew install wget. If they do, open an issue at https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/new/choose instead.
Provide a detailed description of the proposed feature
We should clean up extend/ to remove most monkey-patches (i.e. overriding/adding existing functionality) from core Ruby classes like e.g. String, Pathname, etc.
The exceptions should be:
- those that mirror ActiveSupport e.g.
present?,blank?, etc. - those that are extremely widely used (such as the above)
For monkey-patches used in formulae and/or casks: we should instead have modules included in e.g. Formula/Cask or refinements on e.g. Pathname so that they can be used as custom DSLs when possible rather than globally overriding methods.
What is the motivation for the feature?
- More vanilla Ruby usage.
- More clarify about when we're overriding functionality.
How will the feature be relevant to at least 90% of Homebrew users?
It won't be.
What alternatives to the feature have been considered?
Doing nothing.