From: matt@... (matt neuburg)
Date: 2008-07-13T09:45:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Modules

Oliver Saunders <oliver.saunders@gmail.com> wrote:

> I understand the way these things are working but I don't really
> understand what's going on and why.
> 
> module Foo
>   def bar
>     1
>   end
>   def Foo.zim
>     2
>   end
> end
> 
> 
> >> Foo.zim # works, OK, fair enough
> 2
> >> Foo::zim # works, but why have two syntaxes that do the same?
> 2
> >> Foo.bar # NoMethodError.
> 
> class SomeClass
>   include Foo
> end
> 
> >> SomeClass.new.bar # OK, it's been mixed in
> 1
> >> SomeClass.zim # NoMethodError, huh? Why doesn't this work?
> >> SomeClass.new.zim # NoMethodError. 

> I'm very confused by all this. Please help unravel the mess in my brain.

I'd say you're not confused at all. You've described perfectly how the
language behaves. 

m.

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