diff --git a/README b/README
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+NAME
+  shared.rb
+
+DESCRIPTION
+  shared.rb provides a super easy way to share code between classes or modules
+  in a simple way.  shared code can be at the class and/or instance level and
+  users deferred evaluation so this is more powerful that the normal ruby
+  module inclusion facilities on which it is based.
+
+SYNOPSIS
+  require 'shared'
+
+  Shared 'methods' do
+    class << self
+      attr :classname
+    end
+
+    @classname = name.downcase
+
+    def objectname
+      self.class.classname + "(#{ object_id })"
+    end
+  end    
+
+  class C
+    include Shared('methods')
+  end
+
+  class B
+    include Shared('methods')
+  end
+
+  p C.classname      #=> 'c'
+  p C.new.objectname #=> 'c(1234)'
+
+  p B.classname      #=> 'b'
+  p B.new.objectname #=> 'b(4567)'
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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+
+This.rubyforge_project = 'codeforpeople'
+This.author = "Ara T. Howard"
+This.email = "ara.t.howard@gmail.com"
+This.homepage = "http://github.com/ahoward/#{ This.lib }/tree/master"
+
+
+task :default do
+  puts(Rake::Task.tasks.map{|task| task.name} - ['default'])
+end
+
+
+task :gemspec do
+  ignore_extensions = 'git', 'svn', 'tmp', /sw./, 'bak', 'gem'
+  ignore_directories = 'pkg'
+  ignore_files = 'test/log'
+
+  shiteless = 
+    lambda do |list|
+      list.delete_if do |entry|
+        next unless test(?e, entry)
+        extension = File.basename(entry).split(%r/[.]/).last
+        ignore_extensions.any?{|ext| ext === extension}
+      end
+      list.delete_if do |entry|
+        next unless test(?d, entry)
+        dirname = File.expand_path(entry)
+        ignore_directories.any?{|dir| File.expand_path(dir) == dirname}
+      end
+      list.delete_if do |entry|
+        next unless test(?f, entry)
+        filename = File.expand_path(entry)
+        ignore_files.any?{|file| File.expand_path(file) == filename}
+      end
+    end
+
+  lib         = This.lib
+  version     = This.version
+  files       = shiteless[Dir::glob("**/**")]
+  executables = shiteless[Dir::glob("bin/*")].map{|exe| File.basename(exe)}
+  has_rdoc    = true #File.exist?('doc')
+  test_files  = "test/#{ lib }.rb" if File.file?("test/#{ lib }.rb")
+
+  extensions = This.extensions
+  if extensions.nil?
+    %w( Makefile configure extconf.rb ).each do |ext|
+      extensions << ext if File.exists?(ext)
+    end
+  end
+  extensions = [extensions].flatten.compact
+
+  template = 
+    if test(?e, 'gemspec.erb')
+      Template{ IO.read('gemspec.erb') }
+    else
+      Template {
+        <<-__
+          ## #{ lib }.gemspec
+          #
+
+          Gem::Specification::new do |spec|
+            spec.name = #{ lib.inspect }
+            spec.version = #{ version.inspect }
+            spec.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
+            spec.summary = #{ lib.inspect }
+
+            spec.files = #{ files.inspect }
+            spec.executables = #{ executables.inspect }
+            
+            spec.require_path = "lib"
+
+            spec.has_rdoc = #{ has_rdoc.inspect }
+            spec.test_files = #{ test_files.inspect }
+            #spec.add_dependency 'lib', '>= version'
+            #spec.add_dependency 'fattr'
+
+            spec.extensions.push(*#{ extensions.inspect })
+
+            spec.rubyforge_project = #{ This.rubyforge_project.inspect }
+            spec.author = #{ This.author.inspect }
+            spec.email = #{ This.email.inspect }
+            spec.homepage = #{ This.homepage.inspect }
+          end
+        __
+      }
+    end
+
+  open("#{ lib }.gemspec", "w"){|fd| fd.puts template}
+  This.gemspec = "#{ lib }.gemspec"
+end
+
+task :gem => [:clean, :gemspec] do
+  Fu.mkdir_p This.pkgdir
+  before = Dir['*.gem']
+  cmd = "gem build #{ This.gemspec }"
+  `#{ cmd }`
+  after = Dir['*.gem']
+  gem = ((after - before).first || after.first) or abort('no gem!')
+  Fu.mv gem, This.pkgdir
+  This.gem = File.basename(gem)
+end
+
+task :readme do
+  samples = ''
+  prompt = '~ > '
+  lib = This.lib
+  version = This.version
+
+  Dir['sample*/*'].sort.each do |sample|
+    samples << "\n" << "  <========< #{ sample } >========>" << "\n\n"
+
+    cmd = "cat #{ sample }"
+    samples << Util.indent(prompt + cmd, 2) << "\n\n"
+    samples << Util.indent(`#{ cmd }`, 4) << "\n"
+
+    cmd = "ruby #{ sample }"
+    samples << Util.indent(prompt + cmd, 2) << "\n\n"
+
+    cmd = "ruby -e'STDOUT.sync=true; exec %(ruby -Ilib #{ sample })'"
+    samples << Util.indent(`#{ cmd } 2>&1`, 4) << "\n"
+  end
+
+  template = 
+    if test(?e, 'readme.erb')
+      Template{ IO.read('readme.erb') }
+    else
+      Template {
+        <<-__
+          NAME
+            #{ lib }
+
+          DESCRIPTION
+
+          INSTALL
+            gem install #{ lib }
+
+          SAMPLES
+            #{ samples }
+        __
+      }
+    end
+
+  open("README", "w"){|fd| fd.puts template}
+end
+
+
+task :clean do
+  Dir[File.join(This.pkgdir, '**/**')].each{|entry| Fu.rm_rf(entry)}
+end
+
+
+task :release => [:clean, :gemspec, :gem] do
+  gems = Dir[File.join(This.pkgdir, '*.gem')].flatten
+  raise "which one? : #{ gems.inspect }" if gems.size > 1
+  raise "no gems?" if gems.size < 1
+  cmd = "rubyforge login && rubyforge add_release #{ This.rubyforge_project } #{ This.lib } #{ This.version } #{ This.pkgdir }/#{ This.gem }"
+  puts cmd
+  system cmd
+end
+
+
+
+
+
+BEGIN {
+  $VERBOSE = nil
+
+  require 'ostruct'
+  require 'erb'
+  require 'fileutils'
+
+  Fu = FileUtils
+
+  This = OpenStruct.new
+
+  This.file = File.expand_path(__FILE__)
+  This.dir = File.dirname(This.file)
+  This.pkgdir = File.join(This.dir, 'pkg')
+
+  lib = ENV['LIB']
+  unless lib
+    lib = File.basename(Dir.pwd)
+  end
+  This.lib = lib
+
+  version = ENV['VERSION']
+  unless version
+    name = lib.capitalize
+    require "./lib/#{ lib }"
+    version = eval(name).send(:version)
+  end
+  This.version = version
+
+  abort('no lib') unless This.lib
+  abort('no version') unless This.version
+
+  module Util
+    def indent(s, n = 2)
+      s = unindent(s)
+      ws = ' ' * n
+      s.gsub(%r/^/, ws)
+    end
+
+    def unindent(s)
+      indent = nil
+      s.each do |line|
+      next if line =~ %r/^\s*$/
+      indent = line[%r/^\s*/] and break
+    end
+    indent ? s.gsub(%r/^#{ indent }/, "") : s
+  end
+    extend self
+  end
+
+  class Template
+    def initialize(&block)
+      @block = block
+      @template = block.call.to_s
+    end
+    def expand(b=nil)
+      ERB.new(Util.unindent(@template)).result(b||@block)
+    end
+    alias_method 'to_s', 'expand'
+  end
+  def Template(*args, &block) Template.new(*args, &block) end
+
+  Dir.chdir(This.dir)
+}
diff --git a/lib/shared.rb b/lib/shared.rb
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+# shared.rb provides a super easy way to share code between classes or modules
+# in a simple way.  shared code can be at the class and/or instance level and
+# users deferred evaluation so this is more powerful that the normal ruby
+# module inclusion facilities on which it is based.
+#
+# basic usage:
+#
+#
+#   require 'shared'
+#   
+#   Shared 'methods' do
+#     class << self
+#       attr :classname
+#     end
+#   
+#     @classname = name.downcase
+#   
+#     def objectname
+#       self.class.classname + "(#{ object_id })"
+#     end
+#   end    
+#   
+#   class C
+#     include Shared('methods')
+#   end
+#   
+#   class B
+#     include Shared('methods')
+#   end
+#   
+#   p C.classname      #=> 'c'
+#   p C.new.objectname #=> 'c(1234)'
+#   
+#   p B.classname      #=> 'b'
+#   p B.new.objectname #=> 'b(4567)'
+#   
+
+
+unless defined?(Shared)
+  module Shared
+    Shared::VERSION = '1.1.0' unless defined?(Shared::VERSION)
+    def version() Shared::VERSION end
+
+    Code = {}
+
+    def load key
+      key = key_for(key)
+      unless Code.has_key?(key)
+        ::Kernel.load("shared/#{ key }.rb")
+      end
+    end
+
+    def shared name, options = {}, &block
+      key = key_for name
+      via = (options[:via]||options['via']||:eval).to_s.to_sym
+
+      if block.nil?
+        Shared.load(key)
+        return Code[key] 
+      end
+
+      m = (Code[key] || Module.new)
+
+      case via
+        when :eval
+          singleton_class(m) do
+            unless m.respond_to?(:blocks)
+              blocks = []
+
+              define_method(:blocks){ blocks }
+
+              define_method(:included) do |other|
+                blocks.each{|b| other.send(:module_eval, &b)}
+              end
+
+              define_method(:extend_object) do |other|
+                Shared.singleton_class(other) do
+                  m.blocks.each{|b| module_eval &b}
+                end
+              end
+            end
+          end
+          m.blocks << block
+
+        when :module
+          m.send(:module_eval, &block)
+      end
+
+      Code[key] ||= m
+    end
+    
+    alias_method 'share', 'shared'
+    alias_method 'for', 'shared'
+
+    def key_for name
+      name.to_s.strip.downcase
+    end
+
+    def singleton_class object, &block
+      singleton_class =
+        class << object
+          self
+        end
+      block ? singleton_class.module_eval(&block) : singleton_class
+    end
+
+    extend self
+  end
+
+  module Kernel
+  private
+    def Share(*a, &b)
+      if a.empty? and b.nil?
+        ::Shared
+      else
+        Shared.share(*a, &b)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def Shared(*a, &b)
+      if a.empty? and b.nil?
+        ::Shared
+      else
+        Shared.shared(*a, &b)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/readme.erb b/readme.erb
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+NAME
+  shared.rb
+
+DESCRIPTION
+  shared.rb provides a super easy way to share code between classes or modules
+  in a simple way.  shared code can be at the class and/or instance level and
+  users deferred evaluation so this is more powerful that the normal ruby
+  module inclusion facilities on which it is based.
+
+SYNOPSIS
+  require 'shared'
+
+  Shared 'methods' do
+    class << self
+      attr :classname
+    end
+
+    @classname = name.downcase
+
+    def objectname
+      self.class.classname + "(#{ object_id })"
+    end
+  end    
+
+  class C
+    include Shared('methods')
+  end
+
+  class B
+    include Shared('methods')
+  end
+
+  p C.classname      #=> 'c'
+  p C.new.objectname #=> 'c(1234)'
+
+  p B.classname      #=> 'b'
+  p B.new.objectname #=> 'b(4567)'
diff --git a/shared.gemspec b/shared.gemspec
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+## shared.gemspec
+#
+
+Gem::Specification::new do |spec|
+  spec.name = "shared"
+  spec.version = "1.1.0"
+  spec.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
+  spec.summary = "shared"
+
+  spec.files = ["lib", "lib/shared.rb", "Rakefile", "README", "readme.erb", "shared.gemspec"]
+  spec.executables = []
+  
+  spec.require_path = "lib"
+
+  spec.has_rdoc = true
+  spec.test_files = nil
+  #spec.add_dependency 'lib', '>= version'
+  #spec.add_dependency 'fattr'
+
+  spec.extensions.push(*[])
+
+  spec.rubyforge_project = "codeforpeople"
+  spec.author = "Ara T. Howard"
+  spec.email = "ara.t.howard@gmail.com"
+  spec.homepage = "http://github.com/ahoward/shared/tree/master"
+end