From 17bc951fc53e51469f39ff78fd40cad50daea278 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: drbrain Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:29:56 +0000 Subject: * doc/syntax/calling_methods.rdoc (Receiver): Added :: as pointed out by Tony Arcieri * doc/syntax/calling_methods.rdoc (Block Argument): Fixed { } block examples as pointed out by David Copeland. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@38818 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e --- doc/syntax/calling_methods.rdoc | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/syntax/calling_methods.rdoc b/doc/syntax/calling_methods.rdoc index b6c88cd0ee..9b284def61 100644 --- a/doc/syntax/calling_methods.rdoc +++ b/doc/syntax/calling_methods.rdoc @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ This sends the +my_method+ message to +my_object+. Any object can be a receiver but depending on the method's visibility sending a message may raise a NoMethodError. +You may also use :: to designate a receiver, but this is rarely +used due to the potential for confusion with :: for namespaces. + == Positional Arguments The positional arguments for the message follow the method name: @@ -68,13 +71,13 @@ or: my_method { # ... - end + } do end has lower precedence than { } so: method_1 method_2 { # ... - end + } Sends the block to +method_2+ while: -- cgit v1.2.3