From: Aaron Patterson <aaron@...>
Date: 2009-06-03T05:31:06+09:00
Subject: Re: nfc 1.0.0 Released

On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 02:01:45AM +0900, Suraj Kurapati wrote:
> Aaron Patterson wrote:
> >   require 'nfc'
> > 
> >   # Read your tag and print the info
> >   p NFC.instance.find
> 
> Seems like the NFC class includes Singleton, correct?
> 
>   require 'singleton'
>   class NFC
>     include Singleton
>     # ...
>   end
> 
> You could simplify your public API (by not requiring users to type 
> .instance) like this:
> 
>   require 'singleton'
>   NFC = Class.new do
>     include Singleton
>     # ...
>   end.instance

That would create a new instance of the object as soon as the gem is
required, and that might not be desired.  Especially when dealing with a
piece of hardware.

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Aaron Patterson
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