From: Jeremy McAnally <jeremymcanally@...>
Date: 2008-04-14T11:54:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Executing class methods

It's creating singleton methods.  For example, you can do it on single objects:

     x = String.new

     def x.hello
       puts "Oh, hai."
     end

     x.hello
     # => Oh, hai.

When doing ClassName.method, you're doing the same thing, only on a
Class instance instead of a String instance of whatever.  Now, you can
do it with the same form as class << self too.  For example,

     class << x
       def goodbye
         puts "Oh bai."
       end
     end

     x.goodbye
     # => Oh bai.

In the case of class << self, self is a reference to the current class
you're in.  So, you're adding methods to the current Class instance.

--Jeremy

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 9:49 PM, Clement Ow
<clement.ow@asia.bnpparibas.com> wrote:
> Ron Fox wrote:
>  > As defined, archive is an instance method.
>  >
>  > try changing
>  > def archive
>  >
>  > to
>  > def self.archive
>  >
>  > or
>  >
>  > def MainLogic.archive
>  >
>  > To make it a class method.
>  Heesob Park wrote:
>  >class MainLogic
>  >  class << self
>
>  Yeah, it works. Thanks guys! But actually out of curiosity( i think it's
>  also good to know, so that I can help anyone on this forum in future,;),
>  what is it that self does?
>  Especially for class<<self, is this an instance of inheritance?
>
>
>
>
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>
>



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