From: Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...>
Date: 2006-06-12T00:40:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Why the lack of mixing-in support for Class methods?

James Edward Gray II wrote:
> Here's another idea:
> 
>  >> class Module
>  >>   def included(receiver)
>  >>     receiver.extend(const_get(:ClassMethods)) if const_defined? 
> :ClassMethods
>  >>   end
>  >> end
> => nil
>  >> module Test
>  >>   module ClassMethods
>  >>     def test
>  >>       "I'm a class method."
>  >>     end
>  >>   end
>  >>   def test
>  >>     "I'm an instance method."
>  >>   end
>  >> end
> => nil
>  >> class MyTest
>  >>   include Test
>  >> end

I'm not too fond of the nested module approach -- I think it's cleaner 
to use a method. But that's a matter of opinion, of course.


Daniel