From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2001-01-16T09:10:02+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:9349] Re: Redefining singleton methods & C - function pointers

"Christoph Rippel" <crippel@primenet.com> writes:

> p Kernel.singleton_methods.join "  "
> 
> produces  a very long list - but I believe that these are only
>  ``ghost_singleton_methods'' (please, someone correct  me if I am
> wrong  - one way or the other  -  ``ghost_methods'' are weird! )
> caused by the auto mixin of the Kernel module into Object, since
> 
> p  Kernel.private_instance_methods.join "  "
> 
> produces the same list.

  module Example
    def dave
    end
    module_function :dave
  end

  p Example.singleton_methods
  p Example.private_instance_methods

#=>
  ["dave"]
  ["dave"]


Same for Kernel. You can say

   Kernel.rand

or (because Kernel is included in Object)

  rand


Regards



Dave