From: "trans.  (T. Onoma)" <transami@...>
Date: 2004-10-07T00:48:47+09:00
Subject: Musings on module/class definition domains

I find Ruby's various means of accessing class "domain" a bit clunky. Between 
class << self, extend self, module_function, def AClass.foo, def self.foo, 
and so forth. So I muse on what might be more uniform and easily 
comprehensible.

  class Example
    metaclass
      def foo
        puts "Class Method"
      end
    instance
      def foo
        puts "Instance Method"
      end
    extended
      def bar
        puts "Class Method && Instance Method"
      end
  end

And with variations:

  class Example
    instance private
      def foo
        puts "Instance Method"
      end
    extended instance private  # just like module_function
      def bar
        puts "Class Method && Instance Method"
      end
  end

T.