From: ts Date: 2002-12-12T22:05:10+09:00 Subject: Re: do I really not understand inheritance?? >>>>> "d" == dblack writes: d> I'm now researching that question :-) Just an example (it's 1.7) pigeon% cat b.rb #!./ruby class A < Class def self.a p "a" end def a p "a" end end b = A.new b.a pigeon% pigeon% b.rb ./b.rb:13: undefined method `a' for # (NoMethodError) pigeon% Guy Decoux