From: Michael Schuerig <schuerig@...>
Date: 2002-10-30T04:15:17+09:00
Subject: Extending a mixed in module


I have extended FileTest with these methods

module FileTest
  def FileTest.readable_file?(f)
        file?(f) && readable?(f)
  end
  def FileTest.identical?(file1, file2)
        File.absolute_path(file1) == File.absolute_path(file2) ||
          File.stat(file1).ino == File.stat(file2).ino
  end
end

The new methods are usable like this
FileTest.readable_file?(filename)
But why doesn't
File.readable_file?(filename)
work? Class File mixes in FileTest and my understanding is that this 
happens by reference via a proxy class. Why, then, are definitions 
added to the mixed-in module not visible from the mixing-in class?

And incidentally, why are there both FileTest and File::Stat?

Michael

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