From: Jeremy Whetzel <jeremy@...>
Date: 2003-08-22T13:16:27+09:00
Subject: Re: One Module for one Class?

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 14:00:28 +0900
"Gavin Sinclair" <gsinclair@soyabean.com.au> wrote:

> The CGI class in the stdlib (lib/cgi.rb) has heaps and heaps of
> methods. They are grouped into modules and mixed in.  It seems a good
> way to do it to me, because it gives you a tangible way of grouping
> that is good for documentation.  That assumes, of course, that you can
> justify so many methods in the first place.
> 
> Some of the modules are explicitly justified because they are
> conditionally mixed in.

This is another idea I like a lot.  I can see how this may help things
run a little quicker if I grouped things by function and only loaded
them when requested.  


> It's good from RDoc's point of view, though, because you don't have
> to look at millions of methods at once.

I haven't messed around much with RDoc, but I can understand your point
on this one.

Thanks again!

Jeremy