From: gga <GGarramuno@...>
Date: 2005-07-18T10:25:54+09:00
Subject: Re: alias of some methods does not work




> Because those don't belong to Kernel. They belong to the class Module...
>
> irb(main):015:0> class Module
> irb(main):016:1> alias :meths :instance_methods
> irb(main):017:1> end
> => nil
> irb(main):018:0> Module.meths
> => ["send", "name", "class_eval", "object_id", "...etc....
>
> Zach

Ok... but color me confused.  Kernel is a module which has those
functions I could not alias.  How does a module inherit functions from
a class?  Also, why does Kernel.ancestors not show this relationship?
If I do Module.ancestors, it shows Kernel instead as one of its
ancestors.  What kind of magic is going on behind the scenes here?