From: pharrington <xenogenesis@...>
Date: 2009-11-19T06:45:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Class inside a Method Body

On Nov 18, 2:56 am, Mike Stephens <rub...@recitel.net> wrote:
> > Of course you can!  Why do you think you can't?
>
> > Exactly.  The required file can contain anything - from zero to multiple
> > classes.
>
> If I put a class inside a method I get an error, so I assumed if I
> insert code with the word 'class' in it, the same would happen.
>
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Because

def asdf; class Edgar; end; end

is a syntax error is all; of course nothing in Ruby is stopping you
from creating a new class within a method call. If you really want or
need to is a different question entirely.