From: transfire@...
Date: 2006-06-09T09:22:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Why the lack of mixing-in support for Class methods?


transfire@gmail.com wrote:
> Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> > I don't like the name #inherit.  Since it is not a inheritance.
>
> I knew you were going to say that ;) I actually hesitated to suggest
> it, but I haven't thought of anything better. But I would like to point
> out an interesting (albiet currently illegal) equivalency:
>
>   module Beanable
>     def self.pod
>       "oooooo"
>     end
>   end
>
>   class Beanbag
>     extend (class << Beanable; self; end)
>   end

Considering the above (which by the way should also have an 'include
Beanable'), a notation that has some similarity and is available for
use:

   class Beanbag
     self << Beanable
   end

T.