How do I extend a Ruby module in class context?

Question

I have the following Ruby script, in which class Foo includes module Baz, module Baz has a included hook to make Bar extended by the including class (Foo). I am just wondering why:

class << klass
  extend Bar #this doesn't work. Why?
end

does not work while:

klass.extend(Bar) works.

Here is my code:

#! /usr/bin/env ruby

module Baz
  def inst_method
    puts "dude"
  end 

  module Bar
    def cls_method
      puts "Yo"
    end
  end

  class << self
    def included klass
      # klass.extend(Bar) this works, but why the other approach below doesn't?
      class << klass
        extend Bar #this doesn't work. Why?
        def hello
          puts "hello"
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

class Foo
  include Baz
end

foo = Foo.new
foo.inst_method
Foo.hello
Foo.cls_method

sawa · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-09 02:12:08Z

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Within the body of class << klass, self refers to the singleton class of klass, not klass itself, whereas in klass.extend(Bar), the receiver is klass itself. The difference comes from there.

class A
end

class << A
  p self  # => #<Class:A>   # This is the singleton class of A, not A itself.
end

p A # => A     # This is A itself.

And since you want to apply extend to klass, doing it within the body of class << klass does not work.

answered May 9, 2011 at 2:12

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mbreining · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-09 02:19:05Z

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What you want is invoke the extend method on the class object (klass) not the singleton class (class << klass).

Therefore the following code doesn't work because you are invoking the extend method on the singleton class:

  class << klass
    extend Bar # doesn't work because self refers to the the singleton class of klass
    def hello
      puts "hello"
    end
  end

edited May 9, 2011 at 2:19

answered May 9, 2011 at 2:13

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Xiaotian Guo Over a year ago

Thank you for your explanation, I just realized that in the singleton class, I need to use include Bar instead of extend Bar.

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