From: Damphyr <damphyr@...>
Date: 2006-12-06T18:50:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Passing the module name into the method definition

Max Russell wrote:
> I've been building a harness for running watir tests it looks lke this
> currently-
> 
> module CVLibrary
>     def CVLibrary.cv_login(testinstance, testaddress, testuser,
> testpass, testldap)
....
> What I don't understand is why, in the module, I'm explicitly having to
> pass in it's own name? e.g. CVLibrary.cv_login
You're defining a class method (e.g. static in other regions of the 
programming world).
You actually don't have to pass the module name, and in the interests of 
refactoring it is also not advised.

You are better off doing:

def self.cv_login(...)

If you define
module CVLibrary
   def cv_login
   end
end

then you have an instance method, so you need to include the module in a 
class and then call the method from an instance of that class.
Cheers,
V.-
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