From: Simen Edvardsen <toalett@...>
Date: 2006-10-28T07:48:40+09:00
Subject: Re: classless methods

On 10/28/06, srdjan.m <srdjan.marinovic@gmail.com> wrote:
> Trans wrote:
> > Not Kernel, it becomes a private method of Object class.
>
> def widget(tidbit)
>   tidbit
> end
>
> I was under the impression that the  widget(tidbit) method becomes a
> private method of Kernel not Object.
>
> def hello
>   "hello"
> end
>
> class Object
>   def hello2
>     "hello2"
>   end
>   private_class_method :hello2
> end
>
> Object.private_methods.include?("hello") => true
> Object.private_methods.include?("hello2") => true
>
> Kernel.private_methods.include?("hello") => true
> Kernel.private_methods.include?("hello2") => false
>
> The code above demonstrates that hello is private to both Kernel and
> Object as opposed to hello2 which is only private to Object.
>
> Am I making a silly deduction mistake somewhere?
>

I thought it was added to Kernel too, but it appears not to be the case:

# test.rb
module Kernel
  def self.method_added(m) puts "#{m} added to Kernel" end
end

class Object
  def self.method_added(m) puts "#{m} added to Object" end
end

def x
end

$ ruby test.rb
x added to Object


> srdjan
>
>
>


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- Simen