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Initializing Instance Variables Defined by a Module

module Timeable  attr_reader :time_created   def initialize     @time_created = Time.now   end   def age      #in seconds     Time.now - @time_created   end end class Character   include Timeable   attr_reader :name   def initialize( name )     @name = name     super() #calls Timeable's initialize   end end c = Character.new "Fred" c.time_created # => Mon Mar 27 18:34:31 EST 2006 p Character.ancestors               #  => [Character, Timeable, Object, Kernel]