From: Alan Chen <alan@...>
Date: 2002-01-31T04:45:54+09:00
Subject: Re: strange behavior

On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 04:18:27AM +0900, mengx@nielsenmedia.com wrote:
> An indirectly related topic, A class method can not be called
> within an instance without using the class name.
> 
> class A
> 	def A.a
> 	end
> 
> 	def b
> 		a   => error
> 		A.a => ok.
> 	end
> end
> 
> This also seems to be a surprise. Ruby class is itself an object 
> and this probably contributes to this behavior but I feel
> it should be allowed. Would it be possible to change this.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -Ted 

How would you differentiate between the following?
(Although it might be confusing to someone to choose to do the following)

class B
  def B.b
  end
 
  def b
  end

  def c
    B.b => ok
    b   => ok
end

-- alan

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