# # Refinement is a class of the `self` (current context) inside `refine` # statement. It allows to import methods from other modules, see # #import_methods. # class Refinement < Module # # Return the class or module refined by the receiver. # # module M # refine String do # end # end # # M.refinements[0].target # => String # def target: () -> Module? private # # Imports methods from modules. Unlike Module#include, Refinement#import_methods # copies methods and adds them into the refinement, so the refinement is # activated in the imported methods. # # Note that due to method copying, only methods defined in Ruby code can be # imported. # # module StrUtils # def indent(level) # ' ' * level + self # end # end # # module M # refine String do # import_methods StrUtils # end # end # # using M # "foo".indent(3) # #=> " foo" # # module M # refine String do # import_methods Enumerable # # Can't import method which is not defined with Ruby code: Enumerable#drop # end # end # def import_methods: (Module module, *Module extra_modules) -> self end