From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2002-11-07T07:24:27+09:00
Subject: Re: class << self

ahoward wrote:
> rubyists-
> 
> can someone please confirm that this
> 
>   class Foo
>     class << self
>       def bar
>        self
>       end
>     end
>   end
> 
>   class Bar < Foo
>   end
> 
>   puts Foo.bar 	# >> Foo
>   puts Bar.bar 	# >> Bar
> 
> is the correct way to code an inheritable class method?
> 
> why would
> 
>   def Foo.foo
>     'foo'
>   end
> 
> NOT be inherited in this fashion?  i understand that the methods are statically
> tied to the Foo class object in this case... but it seems like the interpreter
> should work around this based on pols?

Seems to work for me:

   puts Bar.foo   # ==> 'foo'

Or did you mean something else?