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11/12/2015

08:15 PM Ruby Misc #11681 (Closed): Refinements documentation is based on older implementation

It seems that the refinements documentation hasn't been updated to reflect more recent changes to how refinements work. For example, [[https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/trunk/doc/syntax/refinements.rdoc#scope]] says "You may only activat... lazyatom (James Adam)

11/02/2015

11:17 PM Ruby Feature #9696: More Flexible Refinement Syntax

Another alternative is to slightly abuse the fact that refinements are also modules:
~~~
module Refinement
Behaviour = refine Target do
def new_method
'facets-supplied-behaviour'
end
end
end
~~~
To use as ... lazyatom (James Adam)

11:13 PM Ruby Feature #9696: More Flexible Refinement Syntax

It *might* be possible to support both monkey-patching and refinements with a combination of modules, using prepend and refine:
~~~
class Target
end
# actual code
module Behaviour
def new_method
'facets-supplied behaviou... lazyatom (James Adam)