>>>>> "A" == =?iso-8859-1?Q?Aleksi Niemel=E4?= <iso-8859-1> writes: A> Um, I might be mistaken here, but isn't IO.gets a notation for a IO's class A> method gets. I guess IO::gets does the same, but ::-notation is "saved" for A> denoting namespaces (Module::Class). [ruby-talk:01704] >> Using `::' for class methods are OK, I even recommend it. But aren't >> we discussing the notation for instance methods? I vote for `#' for >> instance methods. Guy Decoux