On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, 6:06:26 AM, John wrote:

> X-No-archive: yes

> I'm a new ruby user. I have the Ruby Way book.

> My question is, in what case would you use

> class TheClass
>   class << self
>     def foo

> Couldn't you just say

> class TheClass
>   def foo

Take a look at http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?ClassMethods

Gavin