From: Bihal <wmioch@...>
Date: 2006-04-11T11:05:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Class Definition inside a method definition?

Thanks for the explanation David, I'm sure it's close enough :P

> Also, Pickaxe seems mildly wrong about the instance method definition 
> bit:
> 
> irb(main):001:0> class Foo
> irb(main):002:1>   def bar
> irb(main):003:2>     def quux
> irb(main):004:3>       puts "Foo#quux"
> irb(main):005:3>     end
> irb(main):006:2>   end
> irb(main):007:1> end
> => nil
> irb(main):008:0> foo = Foo.new
> => #<Foo:0xb7caf8c8>
> irb(main):009:0> foo.quux
> NoMethodError: undefined method `quux' for #<Foo:0xb7caf8c8>
>         from (irb):9
>         from :0
> irb(main):010:0> foo.bar
> => nil
> irb(main):011:0> foo.quux
> Foo#quux
> => nil
> irb(main):012:0> Foo.new.quux
> Foo#quux
> => nil
> 
> Is that 1st ed. or 2nd ed. you're quoting? Might have changed between 
> Ruby 1.6
> and 1.8.
> 
> David Vallner

1st Edition. I've been tossing up whether I should ask the money guys 
around here to buy the 2nd Ed. I don't know how much it will help me to 
write this grammar than the first edition.

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