Why should this inspire fear?

On 6/14/07, Giles Bowkett <gilesb@[...].com>  wrote:
> 
>  > kermit.class.instance_methods(false).each{|m|
>  > Muppet.instance_eval("remove_method #{m.inspect}")}
>  >
>  > Note 1. kermit.methods will return all methods inherited or not.
>  > Note 2. remove method is a class method, so it's evaluated in the
>  > context of the class object, hence Muppet.instance_eval
>  > Note 3: you could alternatively pass symbols for the method names
>  >
>  > kermit.class.instance_methods(false).each{|m|
>  > Muppet.instance_eval("remove_method :#{m}")}
> 
>  Muahahaha! That was awesome! Soon the world will quake in fear when I
>  put this information to use!
> 
>  But why doesn't this work?
> 
>  >> kermit.methods(false).each do |m|
>  ?>     Object.instance_eval("remove_method :#{m}")
>  >>   end
>  => []
>  >> kermit.methods
>  => 53
> 
>  I tried it with Kernel also and no dice.
> 
>  Tried it with something else, though, and got a great error message:
> 
>  (eval):1: warning: removing `initialize' may cause serious problem
> 
>  Muahahaha!
> 
>  --
>  Giles Bowkett
> 
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> 
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