From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2003-05-04T15:44:50+09:00
Subject: Re: GC.garbage_collect

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yukihiro Matsumoto" <matz@ruby-lang.org>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 1:32 AM
Subject: Re: GC.garbage_collect


> Hi,
> 
> In message "GC.garbage_collect"
>     on 03/05/04, Bret Jolly <oinkoink+unet@rexx.com> writes:
> 
> |I notice that in Ruby 1.8 preview2, GC.start no longer
> |has the alias GC.garbage_collect (described on page 414
> |of the pickaxe book).
> 
> % ri garbage_collect
> The method named `garbage_collect' is not unique among Ruby's classes
> and modules:
>      GC#garbage_collect, ObjectSpace::garbage_collect
> % ri GC#garbage_collect
> ----------------------------------------------------- GC#garbage_collect
>      garbage_collect -> nil
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>      Equivalent to GC::start.
>         include GC
>         garbage_collect   #=> nil
> 
> See?

As for me, I still had to visit the docs before I 
fully understood.

It's a little unusual that two equivalent methods
should be defined at different levels. Usually
both are instance level or both class/module level.

I *think* that was what confused Bret.

Hal