From: Mark Wilson <mwilson@...>
Date: 2002-01-31T10:24:55+09:00
Subject: Newbie question about mixins

I have a module that I want to use as a mixin.  I have defined a method
within the module that attempts to assign a value to a hash 'slot':

    module myMod
        def mixinMethod(param1, param2)
            @hashVar[param1] = param2
        end
    end

I include this module into my class, and call 'mixinMethod'.  I get a
NameError because, apparently, I have not told the program that 'hashVar' is
a hash table.  Where should I do a Hash.new() or other initialization?

Thanks,
Mark Wilson
Xerox, The Document Company
mwilson@crt.xerox.com