Is there an official way to add methods to an instance?

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Paul Rubin a écrit :
> Brian Vanderburg II <BrianVanderburg2 at aim.com> writes:
>> I've checked out some ways to get this to work.  I want to be able to
>> add a new function to an instance of an object.  
> 
> Ugh.  Avoid that if you can.

Why so ? OO is about objects, not classes, and adding methods on a 
per-object basis is perfectly legitimate.

>  But see:
> 
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_patch

Adding methods on a per-object basis is not monkey patching (as defined 
in the above article and as usually understood here) and doesn't address 
the same class (no pun intended) of problems.