From: John Wilger <johnwilger@...>
Date: 2005-11-04T16:10:31+09:00
Subject: Re: invoking class method within class definition

On 11/3/05, T.G. <guoxiaotian@gmail.com> wrote:
> class Foo
>         def self.bar
>                 puts "class method called"
>         end
>
>         def some_method
>                 Foo.bar              # -----> self.bar will not work here
>         end
> end

  def some_method
    self.class.bar
  end

will do what you want. Remember that inside #some_method, "self"
refers to the instantiated object, not the class itself.

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Regards,
John Wilger

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