From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2007-11-11T16:51:11+09:00
Subject: Re: bug in nested defs (?)


On Nov 10, 2007, at 23:40 , Greg Weeks wrote:

> When the following code is evaluated
>
>    def foo ; "foo" ; end
>
> where does the method go?  Here is what I would guess.
>
>  If the evaluation context of the def is a class, then the method is  
> an
>  instance method of the class.  If the evaluation context of the def  
> is
>  not a class, then the method is a singleton method of the context
>  object.

not quite. see "Defining a Method" of the pickaxe ed 2 on page 330.