From: Gennady Bystritsky <gfb@...>
Date: 2005-04-14T12:37:18+09:00
Subject: Re: self

module MyModule
   def do_something
     puts "success"
   end
end

class MyClass
   extend MyModule
end

MyClass.do_something # ==> success

This will work too:

class MyClass
   extend MyModule
   do_something
end

On Apr 13, 2005, at 8:07 PM, Douglas Livingstone wrote:

> class MyClass
>   def self.do_something
>     puts 'success'
>   end
>   do_something
> end
>
> This puts 'success' - this is a a class method right?
>
> How do I move the "def self..end" section into a module? Trying the 
> obvious:
>
> module MyModule
>   def self.do_something
>     puts 'success'
>   end
> end
>
> class MyClass
>   include MyModule
>   do_something
> end
>
> doesn't seem to work, but this does:
>
> module MyModule
>   def do_something
>     puts 'success'
>   end
> end
>
> class MyClass
>   include MyModule
>   def ex
>     do_something
>   end
> end
>
> MyClass.new.ex
>
> Here, is "run" an instance method, which is why it can only be called
> from a #new instance? How do I get it to get called from this:
>
> class MyClass
>   include MyModule
>   do_something
> end
>
> Thanks,
> Douglas
>