From: David Alan Black <dblack@...>
Date: 2002-04-19T22:45:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Replacing groups of methods: How would *you* do this?

Hi --

On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Hal E. Fulton wrote:

> Question for you.
>
> There is more than one way to do what
> I am wanting to do. Probably the "right"
> way is one I haven't thought of yet.
>
> Suppose I have a class where I consider
> a number of methods "pluggable" or
> "disposable." (If you're curious, these are
> UI-oriented; I'm writing an app with alternate
> user interfaces.)
>
> At first I thought: I'll make a module with the
> methods in it, then include it at runtime if/when
> I choose to.
>
> But then I realized that module instance methods
> don't replace class instance methods. Hmm.
>
> So I thought: I can write replacement methods
> in the same class and put them in separate
> files which I then include.
>
> But I don't really want to use separate files.
>
> What do you think?

Could you do conditional execution?

  if condition
    class Thing
      # redefine methods
    end
  end


David

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