Ruby method

module Kernel module Kernel

def self.class_meth def inst_method lookup flow
# ... # ...
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class Object class Object

def self.class_meth def inst_method
# ... # ...
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class Module class Module

def self.class_meth def inst_method
# ... # ...
core ruby objects

class Class class Class module Polygon module Polygon

def self.class_meth def inst_method def self.class_meth def inst_method
# ... # ... # ... # ...
2 3

class Rect
include Polygon
end
class Rect class Rect
def self.class_meth def inst_method
# ... # ...
module Regular module Reguiar
def self.class_meth def inst_method
4 # ... # ...
class Square < Rect class Square < Rect
def self.class_meth def inst_method class Square
# ... # ... include Regular
end

def square1.meth
#just square1 key
end
classes
modules
square1.do_it( ) square2.do_it( ) instances

1 All method lookups end up at the instance
methods of Object (which includes Kernel).
This includes class methods of user classes.
3 Including a module in a class only pulls in the
instance methods, not the class methods.
(Using extend instead would cause the class to
inherit class methods from the instance methods
of the module.)

2 User classes inherit class methods from the 4 Including a module in a sub class can 'shadow'
instance methods on the Class class, after methods from the parent class, as the module is
going through class methods of Object. searched before the parent.