From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2004-06-11T04:31:35+09:00
Subject: Re: library, module, or...?

Hi --

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, tony summerfelt wrote:

> i have a class i'm working on:
> 
> class Myclass
>         def initialize()
>         end
> 
>        def usefulmethod1()
>        end
> 
>       def usefulmethod2()
>  end
> 
> it's currently over 100 lines and will probably be double that.
> 
> what's the most efficient way of turning that into a library or
> module.
> 
>  i'm guessing it can't be module because of the initialize method...

Sure it can -- you just have to 'include' it in a class (i.e., you
can't instantiate the module, but you can still house an initialize
method in it for use by classes):

  module M
    def initialize
      puts "hi"
    end
  end

  class C
    include M
  end

  C.new  # => hi


David

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