From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2001-07-24T05:28:27+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:18381] Re: More newbie questions

Matt <matt@greenviolet.net> writes:

> cgi.out { cgi.p { cgi.rfc1123_date (Time.now) } }

rfc1123_date is a class method of CGI, as opposed to an instance
method. This means you'd call it using

  CGI.rfc1123_date(Time.now)

Here you're using the class (CGI) as the receiver of the message, as
opposed to an instance of the class (cgi in your example).


Regards


Dave