From: ragav <ragavsatish@...>
Date: 2008-10-03T19:58:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem extending (adding methods) to class


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

Singleton new methods are rare (IO.new, Class.new, Struct.new ..) and
out of these only IO gives the expected behavior when you subclass i.e
Subclass.new.class == Subclass.
Classes defined inside modules are primarily for namespacing.

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

Sure Facets has plenty of code samples. RubyQuiz is another.

--Cheers
--Ragav