Methods in Ruby: objects or not?
language-features, methods, object, ruby
Solution
Methods are a fundamental part of Ruby's syntax, but they are not values that Ruby programs can operate on. That is, Ruby's methods are not objects in the way that strings, numbers, and arrays are. It is possible, however, to obtain a Method object that represents a given method, and we can invoke methods indirectly through Method objects.
From The Ruby Programming Language:
Problem
Inspired by this discussion, after some googling I wasn't able to find an answer to a pretty simple question regarding methods in Ruby: are methods objects or not? There are different opinions here and there, and I would really like to hear, let's say, an in-depth explanation. I'm aware of `Object#method` method, which takes a method name and returns a `Method` instance, but, on the other hand, there's a similar thing you can do with blocks to make them into `Proc` instances, and blocks aren't objects, so what makes methods any different?