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| author | drbrain <drbrain@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e> | 2013-01-05 05:00:33 +0000 |
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| committer | drbrain <drbrain@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e> | 2013-01-05 05:00:33 +0000 |
| commit | 4061f5b6fcfe6ad76d7ba7cd4fd6b0274c2d910f (patch) | |
| tree | a57dc83928734148ac9197aa94ce8ccf79ba0289 /doc | |
| parent | 3b983407ef254cf1908f844fecb4d8b3a02f9a67 (diff) | |
* doc/syntax/modules_and_classes.rdoc: Improved description of methods
on a module or class as suggested by Tobias Buhlmann
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@38705 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/syntax/modules_and_classes.rdoc | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/syntax/modules_and_classes.rdoc b/doc/syntax/modules_and_classes.rdoc index 4710dcf3cb..cca9dc2563 100644 --- a/doc/syntax/modules_and_classes.rdoc +++ b/doc/syntax/modules_and_classes.rdoc @@ -120,8 +120,13 @@ If a constant is defined at the top-level you may preceded it with === Methods -Class methods (also known as module functions, see Module#module_function) may -be called directly. +For method definition documentation see the {syntax documentation for +methods}[rdoc-ref:doc/syntax/methods.rdoc]. + +Class methods may be called directly. (This is slightly confusing, but a +method on a module is often called a "class method" instead of a "module +method". See also Module#module_function which can convert an instance method +into a class method.) When a class method references a constant it uses the same rules as referencing it outside the method as the scope is the same. |