Suggestion: core_extensions for selected classes

[ilyadh]

For me, the most used method from Sequel module is Sequel::lit. I appreciate the rich DSL provided by the Sequel gem, but most of the time, if I need to write something more complex, I prefer to use short Sequel.lit('...') snippets.

Recently I learned about core_extensions, but I only care about the single '...'.lit extension.

Is it possible to load only String extensions? If not, can we make that happen?

[jeremyevans]

This isn't currently possible and it is not a feature I'm interested in adding. Users who only need a subset of the core extensions should copy the code they need. In your case, that would be:

class String
  def lit(*args)
    args.empty? ? Sequel::LiteralString.new(self) : Sequel::SQL::PlaceholderLiteralString.new(self, args)
  end
end