RE: Q) about singleton methods and access control

Hmmm...  doesn't make much sense to my C++ mind and freshly battered Ruby mind, 
but I'll accept it.
Thanks for the help guys (Christoph, Kent).  I'll use the 'send' hack  for now. 
 :>

Cheers,
Patrick Bennett

-----Original Message-----
From: Kent Dahl [mailto:kentda@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 3:30 AM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: Q) about singleton methods and access control


Patrick Bennett wrote:
> Christoph wrote:
> >No, the call is on the  ``class Level'' -  for example I get
> >
> No it's not.  I was calling testObj.xxxxx -  that's definitely an
> "instance" level call.  :\
> Arrgggh....

You are missing the point. When you call testObj.xxxx, yes you are
calling a instance method. However, you are _not_ making an instance
level call. What is meant by "instance level" is the context the call is
made from. And the context is a class singleton method, not an instance
method. 

HTH