On May 14, 2:34 ¨Βν¬ ΚανεΘαξσ Όσμυσθ®®®ΐηναιμ®γονΎ χςοτεΊ
> Hey folks,
>
> I have a module which I'm using to contain a lot of strings that my
> objects print out. I want to use a module because it seems better to me
> to put the data in a separate location than my object implementation, so
> I can more easily see the logic of my object.
>
> My object builds a set of text files. Each of these text files has
> sections within them that are customised based upon a string handed in
> to the object, such that:
>
> bill = textFile.new("bill")
>
> bill.header #returns "This is the header for bill"
> bill.comment #returns "Bill is implemented with the following options:"
> followed by the unique options for bill.
>
> ted = textFile.new("ted")
> ted.header #returns "This is the header for ted"
> ted.comment #returns "ted is implemented with the following options:"
> followed by the unique options for ted.
>
> and so on.
>
> Now, what I want is to have my Textfile class include a data module. The
> data module contains all of the strings This is the header for
> #{variable}", "#{variable} is implemented with the following options:".
>
> As such, I need to pass the argument to the textfile's new method back
> up into the module that the textfile includes.
>
> I guess the question is, is there a way to reference a variable from a
> class in a module that the class will include?

At the instance level yes, and the module level no (though you can
work around).

Instance level:

  module M
    def m
      @x
    end
  end

  class X
    include M
    def initialize
      @x = 10
    end
  end

  X.new.m  #=> 10

Class level (trick):

  module M
    def self.m
      @x ||= 20
    end
  end

  class X
    include M
    def self.m
      anc = ancestors.find{ |a| a.respond_to?(:m) }
      anc.m if anc
    end
  end

trans.