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How is it that Ruby allows a class access methods outside of the class implicitly?
Example:
class Candy def land homer end end def homer puts 'Hello' end Candy.new.land #Outputs Hello
The definition of the ‘homer’ method is adding the method to the Object class. It is not defining a free function.
Class Candy implicitly inherits from Object, and so has access to the methods in Object. When you call ‘homer’ in the ‘land’ method, the method resolution can’t find a definition in the current class, goes to the super class, finds the method you have added to Object, and calls it.