From: Mark <markb1@...>
Date: 2001-09-11T21:25:07+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:21107] Re: nested method definition!!!

Mark wrote:

> I keep getting a "nested method definition" error. Although I have
> failed to find the documentation for this specific error, I presume it's
> when you do the following:
> def foo(val1)
>     def bar(val2)
>     end
> end
>
> The strange this is, I'm not doing anything like this. Maybe something
> in Ruby is broken. I have looked over my code so many times (and it's
> only 190 lines), and I can't see a problem.
> I'm using 1.6.4 on Linux, everything else works fine.
>
> Please let me know exactly what might cause a "nested method definition
> error". Then I'll check my code. If I'm more sure that what I'm doing is
> right, I'll go ahead and post the code here and perhaps fill out a bug
> report.
>
> -thanks
> mark

Ok, HERE is a simple example of what ruby does not like:

class Example

def method1(val1, val2)
    if val1
        if val2
            puts "both are true"
        end
    else if not val2
        if not val 1
            puts "both are false"
        end
    end
end

#apparently Ruby expects to see ANOTHER "end" here, before the next method.
Why?

def copy_of_method1(val1, val2)
    if val1
        if val2
            puts "both are true"
        end
    else if not val2
        if not val 1
            puts "both are false"
        end
    end
end

end #end of class


Does this seem right???