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Feature #8026

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Need Module#prepended_modules

Added by marcandre (Marc-Andre Lafortune) about 11 years ago. Updated about 4 years ago.

Status:
Feedback
Target version:
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[ruby-core:53159]

Description

We should have a way to get the list of prepended modules of a class or module.

module Mixin
end

module Outer
  prepend Mixin
end

Mixin.prepended_modules   #=> []
Outer.prepended_modules   #=> [Mixin]

See also bug #8025.


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prepended.pdf (99.4 KB) prepended.pdf marcandre (Marc-Andre Lafortune), 08/31/2013 08:29 AM

Related issues 2 (0 open2 closed)

Related to Ruby master - Bug #8841: Module#included_modules and prepended modulesClosedmatz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)Actions
Has duplicate Ruby master - Feature #11879: `Module#prepended_modules`ClosedActions

Updated by matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) over 10 years ago

I am OK with the idea.

Matz.

Updated by knu (Akinori MUSHA) over 10 years ago

What about adding Module#prepend?(other) also, which could be implemented in ruby as follows?

module Module
def prepend?(other)
ancestors.find { |mod|
break false if mod == self
mod == other
}
end
end

Updated by marcandre (Marc-Andre Lafortune) over 10 years ago

Slide added. I'm also proposing an optional flag to search only the receiver and not the ancestors.

I didn't put in prepend? but it should also be added. On the other hand, Array.prepend?(Enumerable) should return false, no?

Updated by matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) over 10 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Feedback

I basically accept the idea.

But according to the slide, the optional include_ancestors is true, but it does mean cherry-picking prepended modules from ancestor list. I cannot think of any use case of this behavior.

Matz.

Updated by hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA) about 10 years ago

  • Target version changed from 2.1.0 to 2.2.0
Actions #6

Updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada) over 8 years ago

Actions #7

Updated by naruse (Yui NARUSE) about 6 years ago

  • Target version deleted (2.2.0)

Updated by mame (Yusuke Endoh) over 4 years ago

matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) wrote:

But according to the slide, the optional include_ancestors is true, but it does mean cherry-picking prepended modules from ancestor list. I cannot think of any use case of this behavior.

I guess include_ancestors here means "modules prepended by prepended modules":

module A; end
module B; prepend A; end
module C; prepend B; end

C.prepended_modules(true)  #=> [A, B]
C.prepended_modules(false) #=> [B]

So, include_ancestors is not a good name; should it be called include_descendants?

@marcandre (Marc-Andre Lafortune) , am I right?

Updated by mame (Yusuke Endoh) over 4 years ago

Now I'm unsure if the feature is worth adding. It was accepted six years ago, but not implemented yet. I've never heard any actual trouble due to the lack.

Updated by matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) about 4 years ago

I am still OK with the idea (but not for ancestors). prepended_modules should list direct prepended modules for the receiver.

Matz.

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