On 3 September 2012 19:08, John Merlino <[email protected]> wrote: > The ActionView module is declared several times in the Rails source: > > rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/base.rb,rails/actionpack/lib/ > action_view/buffers.rb,rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/digestor.rb, > rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/asset_tag_helpers/ > asset_paths.rb, and the list goes on and on. > > How is it able to be declared like this in multiple files without the > previous definition of it being overwritten?
It is a basic feature of Ruby that you can re-open a class definition and add or redefine methods. Colin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
