From: Dave Thomas Date: 2000-07-06T09:27:40-05:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:03874] Re: main.method ts writes: > >>>>> "D" == Dave Thomas writes: > > D> A second problem is that methods defined at the top-level are private, > D> so they cannot be called with a receiver, so you can't go messing with > [...] > D> public :globalBurp > D> puts globalBurp, "\n" > > Try > > # public :globalBurp > puts self.globalBurp, "\n" Umm.. I did: def burp(global) puts global.globalBurp end Or am I missing something? Dave