From: "matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)" <matz@...>
Date: 2013-08-31T15:06:30+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:56918] [ruby-trunk - Feature #8846] Publicize	Module#include


Issue #8846 has been updated by matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto).


The basic motivation behind #include (and #prepend) being private is we didn't assume that kind of coding style.
As it turned out, that coding style became popular, I'd accept make them public.

Matz.

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Feature #8846: Publicize Module#include
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/8846#change-41469

Author: matsuda (Akira Matsuda)
Status: Open
Priority: Low
Assignee: 
Category: core
Target version: current: 2.1.0


I propose changing Module#include to a public method.

* Background
Module#include is currently a private method.
However, the method is actually quite often used (particularly by gem library authors) for appending some features from outside of the target module, such as:

  ActiveRecord::Base.send :include, MyPagination

* Use case
% cd rails
% git grep "send[ (]:include," | wc -l
45


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