Also, maybe you should have called them something else since a lot of people will think about completely different when they hear this word... (http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-2.0.0/doc/syntax/refinements_rd...)
Rebol got there first though! - http://www.rebol.com/r3/docs/datatypes/refinement.html
Matz is known to like Rebol - https://twitter.com/matz_translated/status/25061436079433318...
Also, maybe you should have called them something else since a lot of people will think about completely different when they hear this word... (http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-2.0.0/doc/syntax/refinements_rd...)