[ruby-core:65446] [ruby-trunk - Feature #9112] Make module lookup more dynamic (Including modules into a module after it has already been included)

Issue #9112 has been updated by Charles Nutter.


nobu's point about reincluding the same module brought up a different concern.

Many modules perform very specific actions at include time. If they did not go through a reinclude process for every hierarchy, those changes might not happen. For example:

module X
  def self.included(target)
    ... make changes to target hierarchy in addition to the include
  end
end

module Y
  include X # incuded runs against Y hierarchy
end

class A
  include Y # included for both Y and X run under current behavior, but only Y would run under new behavior
end

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Feature #9112: Make module lookup more dynamic (Including modules into a module after it has already been included)
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9112#change-49232

* Author: Tobias Pfeiffer
* Status: Assigned
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: Yukihiro Matsumoto
* Category: core
* Target version: 
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If a module (M) is included into a class (C) and afterwards another module (M2) is included into the first module (M) then C does not include M2 and instances do not respond to methods defined in M2. I think instances of C should respond to methods defined in M2 and C should include M2.

I created a gist detailing the problem I have: https://gist.github.com/PragTob/7472643

I think this behavior is confusing, because if I'd reopen module M and just add methods there then instances of C can call those methods. However if I include another module in M then instances of C can not call those methods.

Any opinions on if this would be a better behavior or why it isn't?

(was unsure to file it as a bug or feature)



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