From: dblack@...
Date: 2005-12-23T13:48:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Why not Python? (No, no, I am not a spy)

Hi --

On Fri, 23 Dec 2005, Brian Mitchell wrote:

> On 12/22/05, J. Ryan Sobol <ryansobol@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Excuse my newbi-ness, but isn't that "self rule" for class methods
>> similar in Ruby?  E.g.
>>
>> class A
>>         def self.a_class_method
>>                 puts "A class method"
>>         end
>> # OR
>>         def A.another_class_method
>>                 puts "Another class method"
>>         end
>> end
>
> OR
>
> class A
>  class << self
>    def foo; end
>  end
> end
>
> OR
>
> class A
>  class << A
>    def foo; end
>  end
> end

Also:

   class A
   end

and then:

   class << A
     def foo; end
   end

or

   def A.foo
   end


David

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