From: Aleks Kissinger <aleks0@...>
Date: 2006-07-26T06:41:41+09:00
Subject: Re: "Self" confusion

Oh, sorry, I slightly mis-read.  Yes, you probably know most of that.
Anyway, "new" is an instance method of the new object created, so I
see what you are saying.

.....oops

On 7/25/06, Aleks Kissinger <aleks0@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, in both cases, it refers to an object.  When you are in the
> top-level of a class definition, "self" actually refers to the class
> object.  That is to say, the instance of Class your new class
> definition creates.
>
> class Foo
>   puts self
>   puts self.class
> end
>
> => Foo
> => Class
>
> So using self adds a method to the object "self", which happens to be
> an instance of class.  ie. class methods.
>
> On 7/25/06, Leslie Viljoen <leslieviljoen@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks everybody, this really helps!
> > So top level is an Object singleton referenced through 'self'.
> >
> > I think I get it.
> >
> > Part of my problem was that 'self' refers to the enclosing class when
> > using def self.x, but within the new function, self refers to an
> > object. Very interesting.
> >
> > Les
> >
> >
>