From: Hadmut Danisch <hadmut@...>
Date: 2009-09-15T06:11:46+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:25596] Calling global functions while having local functions of the same	name


Hi, 

just a simple question. Given a program like this:


#!/usr/bin/ruby

def aaa 
  puts "outer"
end


class XXX
  def aaa
    puts "inner"
  end

  def bbb
    aaa
  end
end


XXX.new.bbb





always calls the inner function aaa from within bbb. How would I call
the outer aaa from bbb? My first guess was to call ::aaa, but that is
a syntax error.

regards
Hadmut