From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2008-03-23T02:40:58+09:00
Subject: Re: including instance methods and setting an instance varia

>  > I am very confused by this thread
>
>  Please don't.  I would feel sorry to have caused confusion. :-)
No not your post, I meant what OP really meant, but see below...
>
>
>  > but somehow have the feeling that OP
>  > wants this
>
>  Actually we (I) do not exactly now what the OP exactly wants to do.
That's what I meant above ;)
> So
>  far I know only that he wants to access instance variables from a
>  module.  I am guessing that he thinks it's somehow different than from
>  class instance methods.  But it isn't (apart from the initialization
>  story, see previous posting).
That is the key sentence he should read I agree, and Rick's technique
is often useful in doing so especially
in cases where the Mixin does not mix #initialize in (does not define
a method initialize).
>
>  A small addition: modules are a nice case where accessing instance
>  variables via accessor methods instead of directly pays off because then
>  you can centralize initialization:
Yup; I all invite you to read Ricks Blog he wrote a great summary of
that "pattern" on his Blog.
Did you have problems with spam Rick, as comments are disabled? Wanted
to tell you how much I enjoyed the read, I honestly
think it is a valuable addition to what Kent says in the book.
<snip>
> Happy Easter
Idem
>
>         robert
Idem ;)
>
>



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