#append_features deprecated?

D

Daniel Schierbeck

Dave said:
This says Module#included " should be used in preference to
Module.append_features if your code wants to perform some action when a
module is included in another."

http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Module.html#M000704

Cheers,
Dave

module M
def self.included(klass)
puts "Included in #{klass}"
end
end

class A
include M # -> Included in A
end

class B
M.append_features(self) # Nothing
end

As you can see, Module#append_features doesn't call the .included method
on the module, include does.


Cheers,
Daniel
 
T

ts

D> As you can see, Module#append_features doesn't call the .included method
D> on the module, include does.

Well, it's best to see it like this :

moulon% cat b.rb
#!/usr/bin/ruby
module M
def self.included(klass)
puts "Included in #{klass}"
end
def a
puts "a"
end
end

class A
include M
end

A.new.a
moulon%

moulon% ./b.rb
Included in A
a
moulon%

moulon% cat b.rb
#!/usr/bin/ruby
module M
def self.append_features(klass)
puts "Included in #{klass}"
end
def a
puts "a"
end
end

class A
include M
end

A.new.a
moulon%

moulon% ./b.rb
Included in A
/b.rb:15: undefined method `a' for #<A:0xb7d64b38> (NoMethodError)
moulon%


Guy Decoux
 
D

Daniel Schierbeck

Daniel said:
module M
def self.included(klass)
puts "Included in #{klass}"
end
end

class A
include M # -> Included in A
end

class B
M.append_features(self) # Nothing
end

As you can see, Module#append_features doesn't call the .included method
on the module, include does.


Cheers,
Daniel

Oooops, #append_features is private, so it should be

M.send :append_features, self


Cheers,
Daniel
 
D

Daniel Schierbeck

ts said:
D> As you can see, Module#append_features doesn't call the .included method
D> on the module, include does.

Well, it's best to see it like this :

moulon% cat b.rb
#!/usr/bin/ruby
module M
def self.included(klass)
puts "Included in #{klass}"
end
def a
puts "a"
end
end

class A
include M
end

A.new.a
moulon%

moulon% ./b.rb
Included in A
a
moulon%

moulon% cat b.rb
#!/usr/bin/ruby
module M
def self.append_features(klass)
puts "Included in #{klass}"
end
def a
puts "a"
end
end

class A
include M
end

A.new.a
moulon%

moulon% ./b.rb
Included in A
/b.rb:15: undefined method `a' for #<A:0xb7d64b38> (NoMethodError)
moulon%


Guy Decoux

Um, yeah. `append_features' does the actual work (appending the methods
of a module to a class/module), `include' just calls `append_features'
and then `included'.

class Module
def include(*mods)
mods.each do |mod|
mod.append_features(self)
mod.included(self)
end
end
end


Cheers,
Daniel
 
T

ts

D> Um, yeah. `append_features' does the actual work (appending the methods
D> of a module to a class/module), `include' just calls `append_features'
D> and then `included'.

yes, and this is why you must call super in #append_features (if you
redefine it) otherwise ruby don't include the module.

Guy Decoux
 
D

Daniel Schierbeck

ts said:
D> Um, yeah. `append_features' does the actual work (appending the methods
D> of a module to a class/module), `include' just calls `append_features'
D> and then `included'.

yes, and this is why you must call super in #append_features (if you
redefine it) otherwise ruby don't include the module.

Guy Decoux

Yup.
 
T

Trans

Daniel said:
Um, yeah. `append_features' does the actual work (appending the methods
of a module to a class/module), `include' just calls `append_features'
and then `included'.

class Module
def include(*mods)
mods.each do |mod|
mod.append_features(self)
mod.included(self)
end
end
end

It does? Looking at the C code it seems a lot more complicated then
that.

T.
 
D

Daniel Schierbeck

Trans said:
It does? Looking at the C code it seems a lot more complicated then
that.

T.

I'm sure there's more to it, but from a user's perspective I believe
that's what's happening ;)


Cheers,
Daniel
 

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