From: Jason Voegele <jason@...>
Date: 2003-02-09T22:23:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Where is Math.PI ??

Mark Slagell wrote:
> For what it's worth, I think you can use '::' in place of '.' whenever 
> you want, but not vice versa.
> 
> Anyway you need '::' when referring to constants, although orthodox 
> style is to use '.' for method calls.

I've read somewhere that matz recommends using :: for class methods and 
. for instance methods.  Maybe in Ruby in a Nutshell?

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Jason Voegele
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