From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-03-04T08:14:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Why do inner methods count in outer scope?

Joel VanderWerf wrote:
>> Method definitions are scoped the same way as @variables; the new 
>> method is added to the current instance. It doesn't matter if you do 
>> it at the 
> 
>                           ^^^^^^^^
> 
> Not exactly. It can be added to the current class, if that is the scope:
> 
> class A
>   def foo
>     def bar; p "BAR"; end
>   end
> end

It's still the current instance. The current instance here happens
to be a class.

Hal