From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2009-02-11T07:21:29+09:00
Subject: Re: calling class method from instance ..

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On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:27 PM, 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Larz wrote:
>
> >   puts self.class.ctest
>
>
> What's the reason for not simply writing your class like this:
>
> class Test
>  @c = 20
>
>  def Test.a
>    puts @c
>  end
>
>  def b
>    Test.a
>  end
>
> end
>
> t = Test.new
> t.b
>
> --output:--
> 20
> --
>

That's fine unless you want to, say, override the class method in a subclass

class TestSub < Test

  def TestSub.a
      puts "doin my own thang."
  end
end

t = TestSub.new
t.b
--output is still--
20
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