From: Jim Freeze <jim@...>
Date: 2002-11-22T00:29:55+09:00
Subject: Re: [FAQ] Interpreted vs compiled [FAQ] defining methods anywhere

On Thursday, 21 November 2002 at 23:11:35 +0900, ts wrote:
> >>>>> "J" == Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org> writes:
> 
> J> class Fred
> J>   def fred
> J>     puts "1"
> J>   end
> J>   fred    # undefined local variable or method `fred' for Fred:Class
> 
> pigeon% ruby -e 'p self, self.class'
> main
> Object
> pigeon%
> 
>  In the class you have
> 
> pigeon% ruby -e 'class Fred; p self, self.class; end'
> Fred
> Class
> pigeon% 
> 
> 

So,

class Fred
  def fred; puts "1"; end
  fred
end

is different than

def fred; puts "1"; end
fred

because self=main and not a class?

'main' doesn't seem to be anything I can access directly.
I guess this goes back to my original assumption, the
top level is a special case. No?


-- 
Jim Freeze
----------
It's a very *__UN*lucky week in which to be took dead.
		-- Churchy La Femme