From: Wins Lin <lists@...>
Date: 2013-05-11T04:15:48+09:00
Subject: What is module in Ruby? Is there any standard (any strict rules) to define module?

What is a module in Ruby?

For now I can't see any standard that could help me to define a module.

They say that "a module == a directory". But that's not true.
In Rails they define modules just as they want. Some are bound with a
directory with the same name, others are just plain files.

E.g. in ActiveRecord there is a line:
>> autoload :SessionStore

So session_store has to be:
1) a module
2) a directory with the same name (/session_store/*)

But session_store is:
1) a class
2) and a simple file, no any directory.

And there are many more similar examples.

So where is the standard of module definition in Ruby? What are the
rules?

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