From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2004-03-19T08:34:34+09:00
Subject: Re: calling outer-scope method of same name

Hi --

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Bill Kelly wrote:

> Hi David,
> 
> From: "David A. Black" <dblack@wobblini.net>
> [...]
> > Kernel.spleen("foo")
> 
> Here's what I'm getting:
> 
> $ cat test.rb
> 
> def spleen(a)
>   puts "spleen: #{a}"
> end
> 
> class Blah
>   def spleen
>     Kernel.spleen("foo")
>   end
> end
> 
> Blah.new.spleen
> 
> $ ruby -v test.rb
> ruby 1.8.1 (2003-12-25) [i686-linux]
> test.rb:8:in `spleen': private method `spleen' called for Kernel:Module
> (NoMethodError)
>         from test.rb:12
> 
> 
> ...The "outer" spleen is a private method?
> 
> I think I'm missing something.... (a brain? :)

No, my mistake.  I tried it in irb, where things apparently are a
little different, and didn't test or think through the "real"
behavior.  


David

-- 
David A. Black
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