From: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@...>
Date: 2001-10-28T07:13:32+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:23650] Re: sleeping, calling methods inside class defs

Avi Bryant wrote:


> puts self		#=> main
> puts self.class		#=> Object
> 
> So it appears that the toplevel is implicitly in the context of an
> instance of Object, except that it also lets you define methods in Object.
> Which is simpler, if less consistent.


That's what confuses me.

Oversimplified: Generally, I'm either inside inside a class def, where 
there's no onject context.
Or I'm outside a class def, and call instance methods of an instance.

No with stuff like my snippet:
I can define methods -> It looks as if I'm inside a class def for class 
Object.
I can call instance methods ("without an instance" -> I'm always getting 
an instance of class bject when I call a method.) -> like I'm outside a 
class def and inside an object instance context.

What's the underlying concept here?

Tobi



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