From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2007-10-09T14:42:33+09:00
Subject: Re: The Case for Multiple-Inheritance

On 10/8/07, Austin Ziegler <halostatue@gmail.com> wrote:
> Specifically, why not something more transparent?
>     case platform
>     when :windows
>       require 'win_metrics'
>       mon.extend(WindowsMetrics)
>     when :linux
>       require 'lin_metrics'
>       mon.extend(LinuxMetrics)
>     end

Mostly because the metaphor I was going for was a set of building
blocks to assemble a monitor, so it made sense (or at least it seemed
like the most aesthetic design to me) for the "actual" program to
explicitly pull in all its pieces and put them together.

But what I was trying to get at there was that modules form a
convenient way to put a bunch of functionality together and then drop
it into a class in a very self-documenting manner - it's not about
reuse so much as packaging.

martin