From: Aleksey V Zapparov <ixti@...>
Date: 2012-06-26T21:12:18+09:00
Subject: Re: class << self VS extend self

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On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:10:42 +0900
Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:

> > What's the difference between subject?
>=20
> The comparison does not really make much sense IMHO since both do very
> different things:
>=20
> "class <<self ... end" opens the singleton class of the instance
> referenced to by "self".
>=20
> "extend self" only works if "self" references a module.  It will
> include a module's instance methods in the module instance itself -
> making them class methods.

Thank you.


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