From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2004-05-11T03:38:44+09:00
Subject: Re: RCR: Unique Object for Each source file

Hi --

On Tue, 11 May 2004, Bill Atkins wrote:

> Each Ruby .rb file is currently executed within the class Object.  So
> running "include ModuleX" in your main script file includes the
> methods of ModuleX into Object globally.  This is messy.
>
> I propose that each file be executed within a new instance of Object. 
> This way, running include in a file would cause that module to be
> included only within the scope of that file.

I'm not seeing the problem here.  If you include a module, that module
gets mixed in to whatever module or class called #include.  So if it's
Object, you're mixing the module into Object.  But usually it isn't,
and in any case it isn't connected with what's in which file.


David

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David A. Black
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