[Borges-users] refactoring

[Eric Hodel]

wilkes joiner (wilkesjoiner at gmail.com) wrote:

> In other languages, I typically put class methods at the top of the
> class definition.  For example
> 
> Java or C-suck:
> class A {
>     public static A aFactoryMethod() {}
>     public static void ClassLevelSetter {}
>     // you get the picture
> }
> 
> so I really like the class << self thing in Ruby.  It provides a
> natural grouping of class methods that makes code easier for me to
> read, your mileage may vary.
> 
> class A
>   class << self
>     ## all my class methods
>    end
> end

I like its use primarily for grouping.  Its easy to see which methods
are class methods and ignore them.

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