From: Stefan Lang <langstefan@...>
Date: 2005-11-05T01:37:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Class and Mixin with same method name problem

On Friday 04 November 2005 17:32, petermichaux@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to call a modual method from a class method with the
> same name. The code I tried and error are below. I think my
> "Debug.whoAmI?" line is the problem. What is the correct syntax to
> call the moduals method?
>
> Thanks,
> Peter
>
> ==== CODE ===
>
> module Debug
>   def whoAmI?
>     "#{self.class.name}"
>   end
> end
>
> class EightTrack
>   include Debug
>   def whoAmI?
>     Debug.whoAmI?
>   end
> end
>
> et = EightTrack.new
>
> p et.whoAmI?
>
>
> === OUTPUT ERROR ===
>
> peter$ ruby mixin.rb
> mixin.rb:10:in `whoAmI?': undefined method `whoAmI?' for
> Debug:Module (NoMethodError)
>         from mixin.rb:16

Try this:
----------------------
module Debug
� def whoAmI?
� � "#{self.class.name}"
� end
end

class EightTrack
� include Debug
end

et = EightTrack.new

p et.whoAmI?
----------------------

Regards,
  Stefan