From: Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists.ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2005-05-29T01:33:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Difference between 'def self..' and module_function .

Dave Burt wrote:

> Hi "Nikolai Weibull" <mailing-lists.ruby-talk@rawuncut.elitemail.org>,

Don’t worry, I’m definitely Nikolai Weibull; the quotes are unnecessary.

> #NW> I thought I new [sic.] the difference between writing

I’d prefer to not be sic’d, thanks.  In email quotations it’s obvious
that I made the error, not you.  But as long as we’re at it, “sic” is
written “sic”.  It’s not an abbreviation, so there’s no dot.  “Sic” is a
latin word meaning “thus”.

> The first, insignificant, difference is that module_function returns the 
> module, so the result of the latter module definition is the module itself.
> 
> The second difference is that the latter case leaves a private instance 
> method behind.

OK, thanks.  I guess I don’t really see the application of this, but I
guess I will once I’ll actually need to :-),
        nikolai

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