From: Paul Vudmaska <paul@...>
Date: 2004-02-14T22:04:29+09:00
Subject: noobie question - module/class vs obj

Hi all,
Couple questions
1) I'm still pretty new to ruby.In my code i'm using quite a few classes 
and i do not need multiple instances of most of them. So in lieu of 
creating
    a global object $obj = new SomeClass, i simply use the Class and 
it's class methods/atts directly.  Is this ok/good practice? Should I 
just use these as modules in this case?
    In simular situations w/javscript i do this:
    instead of:
    function class(){
       this.prop = 0

    }
    obj = new class
   ... I use
    obj = {
       prop : 0
    }
Which is kinda what i'm shooting for in Ruby.
   
2) I thot i would include a module with some generic class methods into 
a class ie:
    module Somemodule
          self.boo
                puts 'boo'
          end
    end
    class SomeClass
       include Somemodule

        self.boohoo
            
            # puts boo #dies cant find SomeClass method boo
             puts Somemodule.boo #works ok
            
       end
    end

Should'nt the include pull those class meths into SomeClass?Am i causing 
this issue/confusion by not intantiating objects from these classes? 
Shoul I make this class
a module. I think i'll go try that....hmmm.

Thanks for any inight,paul