--00504502b079696494046fc827da Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 2009/7/28 Gary Leydon <gary.leydon / yale.edu> > elf wrote: > > I keep seeing this syntax in documentation: Object#method, but in actual > > use sending a message to an object is usually > > > > object bject.new > > object.method > > > > Is this just to emphasize that method() operates on an instance of > > Object and not the class Object? > > > > Elf > > Where is this documented? I can't find it in any book...and searching > google on Ruby object#method doesn't lead to an explanation of this. You > get reams of hits using object#method syntax but not where it comes > from. http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Object.html#M000336 -- James Coglan http://jcoglan.com --00504502b079696494046fc827da--