From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2001-09-26T08:14:22+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:21697] Re: Help understanding self ...

Phil Mitchell <phil.$DELETEmitchell@pobox.com> writes:

> Okay, but according to Ruby library reference, and pickaxe, [] is a
> method in class Hash. A method that is called with no receiver is
> sent to self. So, [] is not exactly a method. Then, how should I
> understand it?

It's a method, but it's name can only appear in certain contexts.

Dave