From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2007-06-03T01:02:33+09:00
Subject: Module/Class Organization

I wonder what's the general consensus on modular organization. Overall
there seems to be four general approaches.

  1) BASE CLASS

  ActiveRecord, uses this design:

    module Foo

      class Base
      end

      class Bar < Base
      end

    end

  2) BASE CONTAINER

  An alternative is to call the base class Foo and use it as a
container:

    class Foo
      ...

      class Bar < self
      end

    end

  3) EXTERNAL BASE

  In this case the organizing module contains a plurality of
subclasses. The base class is external to this module.

    class Foo
    end

    module Foos

      class Bar < Foo
      end

    end

  4) BY NAME

  No container modules, just use naming:

    class Foo
    end

    class BarFoo < Foo
    end

Which is better? Are there serious advantages/disadvantages to any of
these?

Thanks,
T.