From: theschof@... (TheSchof)
Date: 2002-01-18T12:57:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Can we use constant for a method name?

>or what's going on here:
>irb(main):005:0> class C
>irb(main):006:1> def Meth
>irb(main):007:2> puts 'from C'
>irb(main):008:2> end
>irb(main):009:1> end
>nil
>irb(main):010:0> C.Meth
>NameError: private method `Meth' called for C:Class
>        from (irb):10
>irb(main):011:0> C::Meth
>NameError: uninitialized constant Meth at C
>        from (irb):11
>irb(main):012:0> C::Meth()
>NameError: private method `Meth' called for C:Class
>        from (irb):12

Sorry I also should have included:
irb(main):006:0> C.Meth()
NameError: undefined method `Meth' for C:Class
        from (irb):6

TIA,
Alexander Schofield