From: Greg Hurrell <greg.hurrell@...>
Date: 2007-01-26T06:35:07+09:00
Subject: Adding methods to String, but only in my own Module?

Is there any way to add methods to the String class, but only within
the scope of a particular module? Example: adding a "fantastic" method
to String:

class String
  def fantastic
    self + "fantastic"
  end
end

Now, given the limited usefulness of the "fantastic" method, I'd like
to be able to confine its impact to my Module only:

# outside of my module this should raise a NoMethodError
"foo".fantastic

class Example
  def example
    "foo".fantastic # should work
  end
end

I suspect the answer is going to be no, but wanted to ask anyway...

Cheers,
Greg