Hey guys, When I create a module purely as a way to store useful methods is there a difference between defining my methods as . vs self. ? And what do we call these types of methods, I feel like they are similar to class methods but they aren't because they are in a module, so do we call them module methods?

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Posted August 13, 2016 3:40pm by

<module_name>.<method_name> vs self.<method_name>?

Hey guys,

When I create a module purely as a way to store useful methods is there a difference between defining my methods as <module_name>.<method_name> vs self.<method_name>?

And what do we call these types of methods, I feel like they are similar to class methods but they aren't because they are in a module, so do we call them module methods?

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<module_name>.<method_name> vs self.<method_name>?