George Ogata
3/9/2006 11:47:00 PM
John <progml@ishkabeebee.com> writes:
> When I write a module function in a C extension, I found that I need to
> include "VALUE self" as the first argument, just as I do when I write a
> class method in a C extension. Why is this?
You might want it so you can call other module functions on the same
object.
rb_funcall2(self, rb_intern("boo!"), 0, NULL)
Note that there's *always* a self in ruby. Everywhere. And since
there's no global `self' handle, it makes sense to pass it in to all
the C method implementations. Nice and consistent, at least. :-)