From: Nick Sieger <nicksieger@...>
Date: 2006-10-28T02:03:53+09:00
Subject: Re: classless methods

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On 10/27/06, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Dave Rose wrote:
> > what class does a classless independent method belong too?
>
> Not Kernel, it becomes a private method of Object class.
>
> T.


Actually, it looks like it becomes a public instance method of Object:

irb(main):001:0> def hello; "hi"; end
=> nil
irb(main):002:0> self.class
=> Object
irb(main):004:0> self.public_methods.include?("hello")
=> true
irb(main):005:0> Object.private_methods.include?("hello")
=> false
irb(main):006:0> Object.private_instance_methods.include?("hello")
=> false
irb(main):007:0> Object.public_instance_methods.include?("hello")
=> true
irb(main):008:0> (class << self; self;
end).public_instance_methods.include?("hello")
=> true


/Nick

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