From: Julian Leviston <julian@...>
Date: 2008-04-09T13:46:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Include module and class inheritance? which one to choose?

A module is simply a place where you can store methods.

Thus, you can include a module as a mixin in a class, and it will get  
all the methods.

Julian.


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On 09/04/2008, at 1:51 PM, Shin guey Wong wrote:

> What is the different between the including a module and inherit a
> class?
>
> For me, there seems to be almost the same. The only thing is module  
> can
> be think as an abstract class which is not instantiate able.
>
> If you include a module, you get all the methods from the module. You
> can override the function and call super to call the method from the
> module. This look the same as the class inherit.
>
> So, I am confusing on which one should I use? Create a module, include
> it or create a class and inherit it?
>
> Thanks.
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