From: "Marcin Mielżyński" <lopx@...>
Date: 2006-07-09T06:55:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Definition of methods: self

Damaris Fuentes wrote:
> Um...wait...Do I have to set the name of the class before the name of 
> the method when this method is a class method (except the "initialize")?
> 

Yes. this is the class method declaration syntax. Within class body 
definition the default receiver is the class itself, so the snippets 
beneath are equivalent:

class A
     def A.meth
     end
end

class A
     def self.meth
     end
end

If there are more class methods in a class it is easier to switch to 
class instance:

class B
     class << self

         def meth1
         end

	# more methods
     end
end

or even:

class B
     instance_eval do

         def meth1
         end

	# more methods
     end
end


lopex