From: "T. Onoma" <transami@...>
Date: 2003-11-16T03:02:41+09:00
Subject: Re: def

i ask b/c i was thinking it would be good if def actually returned a value, i.e. the symbol of the method being defined.

  def foo  # => :foo
    ...
  end

why?

  private def foo
    ...
  end

instead of having to do seperated way.

-t0


> what is this def?
> it is not a method...?
> it is not some sugar...?
> well might it be a lambda...?
> just what is this def?
> 
> (funny we say def for define but not init for initialize)