From: "Kent S." <ksibilev@...>
Date: 2004-05-20T23:05:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Include into class after instance is created

Use Object#extend instead of include.

Cheers,
Kent.

On May 20, 2004, at 9:48 AM, Brian Schroeder wrote:

> Hello,
>
> it's me again with another question. I want to include a module only 
> after
> having instantiated a class. Something like this
>
> File: german.rb
> Module Index
>   Title = 'Meine Seite'
> end
>
> File: english.rb
> Module Index
>   Title = 'My Page'
> end
>
> file index.rb:
> class Index < Website
>   def initialize
>     super
>     include(Index)
>   end
> end
>
> where Website requires either german.rb or english.rb.
>
> But I can't call include as a function. Ruby complains that it is a
> private function of class.
>
> ../index.rb:10:in `initialize': private method `include' called for 
> Index:Class (NoMethodError)
>         from ./index.rb:27:in `new'
>         from ./index.rb:27
>
> Is this scheme possible, am I totally on the wrong track or just 
> missing
> something obvious?
>
> Regards,
>
> Brian
>
> -- 
> Brian Schr�der
> http://www.brian-schroeder.de/
>