From: Thufir Date: 2007-11-17T15:32:03+09:00 Subject: Re: Composition: Build objects from other objects On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:36:50 +0900, Raul Parolari wrote: > I do not like (at first view) the idea of this design; it leads to, as > Konrad has correctly observed, to start the car by saying: > > vw_bug.engine.vroom() Fair enough. This is pretty much how Java would do it, and, correct me if I'm wrong, Smalltalk would probably do similarly. Put another way: there must be a non-contrived case of composition in Ruby? Yes? thanks, Thufir