From: Shugo Maeda <shugo@...>
Date: 2010-11-26T11:26:39+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:33397] Re: [Ruby 1.9-Feature#4085][Open] Refinements and nested methods

Hi,

2010/11/26 Haase, Konstantin <Konstantin.Haase@student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de>:
>>> Do we need Kernel#refine?
>>
>> I want it.
>
> What would be the difference between Kernel#refine and Module#prepend?
> I mean, what point do local refinements have in a global scope?

Kernel#refine doesn't refine classes in a global scope, but in a file
or method scope.
If you call Kernel#refine at the top-level, the refinements are
enabled only in that file.
If you call Kernel#refine in a method, the refinements are enabled
only in the method.

-- 
Shugo Maeda