From: "Schüle Daniel" Date: 2006-07-26T05:30:05+09:00 Subject: Re: "Self" confusion >> class Yoghurt >> def self.a >> "yoghurt self" >> end >> def Yoghurt.a >> "yoghurt" >> end >> >> p Yoghurt.a >> p self.a >> end I am not Ruby expert, but isn't Yogurt.a and self.a the same thing? Then the last one simply overwrites the preceding one. From this I think that Object.a and self.a should act similary, don't they? -- Daniel