Ruby mixin: extend or include?

Ruby
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I have following code:

module CarHelper
def call_helpline
puts “Calling helpline…”
end
end

class Car
extend CarHelper
end

class Truck
class << self
include CarHelper
end
end

Test code

Car.call_helpline
Truck.call_helpline

In fact both 2 lines of test codes works. So is there any difference
between the way I use ‘extend’ and ‘include’ (inside a singleton class
of self)?

2

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Jones L. [email protected] wrote:

end

In fact both 2 lines of test codes works. So is there any difference
between the way I use ‘extend’ and ‘include’ (inside a singleton class
of self)?

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The only difference that I know of is how the hooks get called:

module M
def self.extended(obj)
p “M is extended by #{obj.inspect} from line #{caller.first[/\d+/]}”
end

def self.included(klass)
p “M is included in #{klass.inspect} from line
#{caller.first[/\d+/]}”
end
end

class C
extend M
class << self
include M
end
end

>> “M is extended by C from line 12”

>> “M is included in #Class:C from line 14”

As an aside, this is yet another argument against extending the object
in
the included hook.