From: Devin Mullins <twifkak@...>
Date: 2005-07-16T09:15:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Customizable Mixin

Or, for that Railsy flair:

module Foo
end

class Object
  def extend_foo(name)
    extend Foo
    @foo_name = name
  end
end

class Bar
  def initialize(name)
    extend_foo name
  end
end

Devin

Devin Mullins wrote:

> Phrogz wrote:
>
>> It would be effective to simply say "Hey, if you include this module in
>> your class, you need to supply @foo or else it'll break". But for some
>> reason that seems wrong to me.
>>  
>>
> Why? Enumerable requires you to supply #each.
>
> Another possibility:
>
> module Foo
>  def foo_name=(foo_name)
>    @foo_name = foo_name
>  end
> end
>
> class Bar
>  include Foo
>  def initialize(name)
>    self.foo_name = name
>  end
> end
>
> Your way seems like a lot of (confusing, to me) overhead which not 
> much benefit, pragmatic or idealogical. But I could be missing something.
>
> Devin
>
>
>