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authorstomar <stomar@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2018-12-24 21:14:38 +0000
committerstomar <stomar@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2018-12-24 21:14:38 +0000
commit014a9e05877951f901092297f49a7ac2b2396939 (patch)
tree85ac1c34ac67b740cd5b4eac6fec6a71961af0b1
parent3c16862c85ad87bdbd7b09b74331e52d8c068186 (diff)
Small improvement in refinements docs
Move general statement about refinements of modules from example to the top of the document. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@66530 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ changes. This can cause unintended side-effects or breakage of programs.
Refinements are designed to reduce the impact of monkey patching on other
users of the monkey-patched class. Refinements provide a way to extend a
-class locally.
+class locally. Refinements can modify both classes and modules.
Here is a basic refinement:
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Here is a basic refinement:
end
First, a class +C+ is defined. Next a refinement for +C+ is created using
-Module#refine. Refinements can modify both classes and modules.
+Module#refine.
Module#refine creates an anonymous module that contains the changes or
refinements to the class (+C+ in the example). +self+ in the refine block is