Ruby Language Monkey Patching in Ruby Monkey patching an object
Example
Like patching of classes, you can also patch single objects. The difference is that only that one instance can use the new method.
Example: Override a string object to provide parsing to boolean
s = 'true'
t = 'false'
def s.to_b
self =~ /true/ ? true : false
end
>> s.to_b
=> true
>> t.to_b
=> undefined method `to_b' for "false":String (NoMethodError)
