From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2005-12-12T15:30:50+09:00
Subject: Re: About class methods

Mark Ericson wrote:
> I'm curious why "class method" is being avoided?   It certainly seems
> accurate and matches the use of class methods by languages such as Smalltalk
> and Objective-C.

I think "class method" is used in our community, but it is considered
a special case -- it's just a singleton method on an object which happens
to be a class. A singleton method on an object which isn't a class --
well, that obviously isn't a class method.


Hal