From: Gennady <gfb@...>
Date: 2003-05-09T00:17:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Testing for a class existence

I just check my hardcopy of Pickaxe again. On page 221 there's a precedence
table, where "defined?" is checked as a method (in addition to other spots
in the book I wrote about before). So, shell we admit that this is a mistake
or was there a time when "define?" was actually a method?

Gennady.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yukihiro Matsumoto" <matz@ruby-lang.org>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: Testing for a class existence


> Hi,
>
> In message "Re: Testing for a class existence"
>     on 03/05/08, Phil Tomson <ptkwt@shell1.aracnet.com> writes:
>
> |This is a change in 1.8, right?  It apparently used to work in 1.6.x.
> |
> |What was the reason for the change?
>
> Yes.  It's to be more consistent with other function calls.
>
> matz.
>
>