From: pharrington Date: 2009-08-14T03:20:12+09:00 Subject: Re: skip_before_filter (Do I need a lesson in modules/mixins?) On Aug 13, 10:19 am, Cris Shupp wrote: > I should mention that I am seeing these 'dangling' calls more and more > as I look through what the scaffolding generated so I would like a clue! > > Thanks, > > Cris > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. Is it the fact that the method calls aren't happening within another method tripping you up? In Ruby, most everything happens at runtime, class creation included. Also, everything's an object. So when something like class Foo; some_ish; end happens, Ruby is creating a new class, and some_ish is just being run in the instance of the Class that is being created. (well it *is* more complicated than that, but that should be enough to help understand whats going on?). Its really no different than attr_accessor and friends.