From: Tony Arcieri <tony.arcieri@...>
Date: 2011-02-17T04:47:25+09:00
Subject: Defining class methods

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It seems there are 3 ways of defining class methods (at least in common
usage):

1) Defining a method on self:

def self.method

2) Opening up self and defining the methods directly:

class << self
  def method
  ...
end

3) Placing class methods into a module, and extending a class with that:

module ClassMethods
  def method
  ...
end

extend ClassMethods

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Which of these do you use and which do you prefer? Do you use all three? Do
you think class << self is fugly and confusing?

I used to use class << self quite frequently and have been shifting to using
modules when dealing with a large number of class methods. I can't really
say I'm a huge fan.

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Tony Arcieri
Medioh! Kudelski

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