From: Paul Lutus <nospam@...>
Date: 2006-11-27T08:00:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Extremely Noobish Documentation Question

Patrick McNally wrote:

>> open methed is a method defined in kernel module
> 
> Thank you for the quick response.  I see that now but I guess my
> underlying questions still remains.  What should indicate that the
> method is part of Kernel and why is it invoked when I call 'File.open'?

Because the File class inherits all the methods from the Kernel class:

p File.ancestors

[File, IO, File::Constants, Enumerable, Object, Kernel]


Like any other class, File has access to the methods of its ancestors.

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Paul Lutus
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