From: Kent Dahl Date: 2001-10-26T06:14:56+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:23353] Re: why the @ s ? ts wrote: > pigeon% ruby -e 'def initialize; end' > -e:1: warning: redefining Object#initialize may cause infinite loop > pigeon% Of course, you're right, and I messed up in that code snippet too. :-P irb(main):001:0> def foo; end nil irb(main):002:0> Object.private_instance_methods ["foo", "irb_binding", "initialize", "DelegateClass"] Looong day... -- <[ Kent Dahl ]>================<[ http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~kentda/ ]> )____(stud.techn.;ind.�k.data)||(softwareDeveloper.at(Trustix))_( /"Opinions expressed are mine and not those of my Employer, "\ ( "the University, my girlfriend, stray cats, banana fruitflies, " ) \"nor the frontal lobe of my left cerebral hemisphere. "/