>>>>> "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).

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>> 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