From: Nit Khair <sentinel.2001@...>
Date: 2008-10-03T18:40:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem extending (adding methods) to class

ragav wrote:

> You'll see that FORM class has a singleton "new" method which always
> returns a FORM object. Class#new is shadowed so you'll never get a
> descendant object
> 
>   raise MyForm.new.class.inspect #=> Ncurses::Form::FORM
> 
> DelegateClass is a possible solution unless you want to muck with the
> C sources.
> 
> --Cheers
> --Ragav
Ah, i get it. Thanks for the link to DelegateClass - just had a look at 
it.

For the moment, (as mentioned earlier), i created an instance of FORM, 
and used method_missing to "delegate" calls to it after checking 
respond_to?, now i can subclass that class as required.

Changing the C source will mean others will not be able to use, unless 
they move to my modified source - don't want that. Thanks for the info.

So my question again is: are classes declared within a module 
typically/always factory classes like this -- i mean with singleton new 
methods?

Perhaps I should look thru the source code of Facets or some other 
project to jump-start my ruby. Any suggestions?
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