From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2011-05-13T04:00:02+09:00
Subject: Re: where does the pure method defined when starting irb

Christopher Dicely wrote in post #998250:
> On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 2:40 AM, Brian Xue <brxue.cn@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> def hello; end
>> =>nil
>>
>> then where is the method "hello" defined? within Object? but
>>
>> self.class.instance_methods.include? :hello
>> =>false
>
> Right, because its not defined as an instance method in the Object
> class, its defined as an instance method in the singleton class of the
> current object (main).
>
> So, in IRB for Ruby 1.8.7 after the above
>
> (class <<self; end).instance_methods.include? "hello"
> => true
>

Also:

puts RUBY_VERSION

x = class A
end

p x

x  = class <<self
end

p x

--output:--
1.9.2
nil
nil


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