From: Phrogz <gavin@...>
Date: 2007-01-11T15:15:09+09:00
Subject: Re: statement outside of any method in a class

Paul Smith wrote:
> Thanks for the explanation David.
>
> However, it is still not clear to me when these statements are invoked.
>
> In your example, what triggers the execution of the 2 statements?
[snip]
> When the class is loaded, when an instance of that class is created?
> Is this similar to a static initialization block in Java?

Instead of asking and waiting for an answer, perhaps just try running
the following code:

puts "Line 1"

class Foo
  puts "Inside Foo on line 4"
  def bar
    puts "Running #bar method (line 6)"
  end
  puts "All done with #{self} (line 8)"
end

puts "Line 11"

f = Foo.new
f.bar

puts "Last line (16)"