From: nickb@... (Nick Bensema)
Date: 2001-02-15T12:40:03+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:10881] Newbie question on method scope.

I'm writing some BBS-like software, and to do that I've redefined a few
of the default Kernel methods, for example:

module TelnetIO
   def write x
      @socket.write x
   end
   # ...
end

And there's a Session class that, one way or another, mixes in this
module.  But, regardless of my approach, I can't access these methods
very easily outside the Session object.

The only workaround I can think of is to pass either @socket or self
to every method I use, and program ALL my other objects so that they
initialize themselves properly and mix in the proper module.  Like so:

Now, I suppose I could work around this.  The following might work:

   ...
   MessageBoard.new(@socket).read_messages
   ...

class MessageBoard
   include TelnetIO
   def initialize(socket)
      @socket = socket
   end
   # ...
   def read_messages
      p "No new messages."
   end
end

...So, is there a cleaner or more official way to do this?

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