From: MonkeeSage <MonkeeSage@...>
Date: 2006-09-18T13:41:16+09:00
Subject: Re: A idea about Ruby module, can we degrade a class to a module

Uncutstone Wu wrote:
> But how about if Ruby provide a degradation mechanism, then we can
> degrade a class to a module, then we can include the degraded class into
> another class. The code will become as follows:

Sounds kind of like you want a state pattern. Man is always a Person,
but only sometimes is a Teacher. So when Man is in the "Teacher state",
it has all the Teacher methods. Yes, you need some
deligation/biolerplate code, but I think that is because the
relationship is not as easy as you imagine. For example, is every
Teacher a Man, or might some be a Woman? But if some Woman classes are
already inheriting from Teacher, how will the modularization effect
them? That's probably not a very clear example, but I think that the
relationship is not so easy to define since it is not a 1-to-1 map of
All A are B, but rathetr Some A are B, and some C are B, but no A are
C. Something like that anyhow. Just ignore me if I make no sense. :)

Regards,
Jordan