From: Devin Mullins <twifkak@...>
Date: 2007-01-01T10:09:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Little Things

Trans wrote:
> The main thing is that it creates an exception b/c we are forced to use
> a reciever, eg. self.class, so it can't be called as a "function" nor
> made private. No other method is like that.
Actually, two classes of method names come to mind:
- Those that share a name with a keyword (class, when, def, etc.)
- Setter methods (/=$/, that is)

There's an exception for the latter -- when private, they can be called 
with self as an explicit receiver.

Neither defending the behavior nor arguing for a change... just playing 
Mr. Fact Checker (or Mr. Obvious, depending on your POV).

Devin