Steven Harman
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@noelrap @geeksam @davetron5000 @fxn @kerrizor I’ve long been a `::` person, but I suppose of the Pickaxe is norming on `.` I will change as well.
Was this also the case in the older editions? I learned the double colon somewhere, and 2nd/3rd editions were some of my earliest and strongest influences.
![Within the text, Fred#doIt is a reference to an instance method (doIt) of class
Fred, while Fred. new [In some other Ruby documentation, you may see class
methods written as Fred: : new. This is perfectly valid Ruby syntax; we just happen
to feel that Fred. new is less distracting to read.] is a class method, and Fred: : EOF
is a class constant.](https://cdn.masto.host/rubysocial/media_attachments/files/111/828/794/227/918/462/original/90420f0a33f6f6e5.png "Within the text, Fred#doIt is a reference to an instance method (doIt) of class
Fred, while Fred. new [In some other Ruby documentation, you may see class
methods written as Fred: : new. This is perfectly valid Ruby syntax; we just happen
to feel that Fred. new is less distracting to read.] is a class method, and Fred: : EOF
is a class constant.")