On 6/16/07, dblack@[...].net <dblack@[...].net>  wrote:
>  Hi --
> 
>  On Sun, 17 Jun 2007, Devin Mullins wrote:
> 
>  > dblack@[...].net wrote:
>  >> I do sometimes wonder what would happen if the ancestry array were
>  >> writeable.  It could be interesting.  I haven't thought through the
>  >> possible pitfalls.
>  >
>  > You mean, like Object#become? :)
> 
>  Not exactly.  As I understand it, #become involves references changing
>  from one object to another.  I'm thinking of something more like:
> 
>     module M
>     end
> 
>     a = Object.new
>     class << a
>       ancestors.unshift(M)  # essentially same as a.extend(M)
>     end

Would you want to be able to switch ordering too?  I wonder what kind
of interesting evil could come of that...