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Recently while trying to track down a memory problem in Redleaf, I ran across a curious bit of code in Ruby 1.9.1’s ‘uri’ library (in uri/common.rb specifically):

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I can’t help but wonder if this isn’t a bit of defensive programming against monkeypatching or something. Is it done this way to avoid exposing a public #to_s?

It’s a mystery. Perhaps I’ll have to go track down the commit message for this change. Or if anyone knows, feel free to leave a comment.