From: Julian Leviston <julian@...>
Date: 2005-08-15T10:47:52+09:00
Subject: Re: no clue

>>
>>      harp:~ > cat a.rb
>>      class PlayerData
>>        class << self
>>          def create(*a)
>>            new(a.pack(FORMAT))
>>          end
>>        end
>>
>
>
> Why do you use 'class << self' here?
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
>
>


Hey Joe,

That's another way to define a set of a class methods.
Another is PlayerData.create(*a)...end I think you can write  
self.create(*a)..end too.
Anything within the class << self...end block will be a class method.

Julian.