From: Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkmann@...>
Date: 2006-02-21T23:43:54+09:00
Subject: Re: "exporting" module methods

On 2/21/06, Xavier Noria <fxn@hashref.com> wrote:
> Is there standard idiom to add module methods to classes that mixin
> them? (Heh, is "mixin" also a verb in Ruby?)
>
> That is, I would like class C to croak:
>
>    module M
>      def self.croak
>        puts "croak!"
>      end
>    end
>
>    class C
>      include M
>      croak
>    end

When you say you want class C to croak, I assume you really mean you'd
like for objects from the class C to be able to croak. Remove the line
"croak" from the class C definition and do this.

c = C.new
c.croak

The rest of your code looks fine.

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R. Mark Volkmann
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