From: itsme213 <itsme213@...>
Date: 2005-12-15T02:57:39+09:00
Subject: Re: #methods and #public_instance_methods

String.instance_methods == "abc".methods

String.instance_methods gives methods on instances of String.

String.methods gives methods on String itself.

Hth.


"Jeff Cohen" <cohen.jeff@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> I'm trying to understand #methods and #public_instance_methods as I
> learn about introspection in Ruby.
>
> If I do String.methods in irb, I get a lot fewer listed than if I try
> String.public_instance_methods.  I would have guessed that
> String.public_instance_methods would be a subset of String.methods.
>
> Also, ri String.public_instance_methods has no information, and
> public_instance_methods is not listed on ruby-doc.org/core.  I only
> found it by doing a String.methods.
>
> Can anyone shed some light here?
>
> Thanks
> Jeff
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