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List:       ruby-talk
Subject:    Re: Is this old style Ruby?
From:       Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists.ruby-talk () rawuncut ! elitemail ! org>
Date:       2005-02-15 14:15:32
Message-ID: 20050215141502.GA5943 () puritan ! pcp ! ath ! cx
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* Jeremy Tregunna (Feb 15, 2005 15:10):
> Foo::bar is for accessing "bar" (be it a method or class or whatever)
> in the module "Foo". Foo.bar wants "bar" in class "Foo".

That's certainly not the whole truth.

Yes, "::" is used for accessing things in modules, but "::" may also be
used for invoking methods of an object or class.  It is customary,
however, to use "." for methods of objects and "::" for methods of
classes, although the latter seems to be becoming "." so as to separate
it from its used with modules,
	nikoali

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