Rails - Aug 2013 - Need a bit help on "module_function" method

The documentation is very straight forward and the mentioned example
also cleared all the lines except the one mentioned inside **.

http://ruby-doc.org/core-2.0.0/Module.html#method-i-module_function

Creates module functions for the named methods. These functions may be
called with the module as a receiver, and also become available as
instance methods to classes that mix in the module. Module functions are
copies of the original, and so may be changed independently. The
instance-method versions are made private. *If used with no arguments,
subsequently defined methods become module functions.*


module Mod
  def one
    "This is one"
  end
  module_function :one
end
class Cls
  include Mod
  def call_one
    one
  end
end
Mod.one     #=> "This is one"
c = Cls.new
c.call_one  #=> "This is one"
module Mod
  def one
    "This is the new one"
  end
end
Mod.one     #=> "This is one"
c.call_one  #=> "This is the new one"

Please help me to understand what does mean by "If used with no
arguments, subsequently defined methods become module functions."?

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> Please help me to understand what does mean by "If used with no
> arguments, subsequently defined methods become module functions."?
Okay got it now:-

module Party
  module_function
  def foo
    "I am foo"
  end
  def bar
    "I am bar"
  end
end

Party.foo # => "I am foo"
Party.bar # => "I am bar"

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On Aug 29, 2013, at 2:16 PM, Love U Ruby
<lists-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Please help me to understand what does mean by "If used with no
> arguments, subsequently defined methods become module functions."?
That means you can use it as a means of saying "All the methods defined
below are module functions":


Module M

  def foo
  end

  module_function

  def bar
  end

  def baz
  end

end

and so you can then call M.bar and M.baz, but not M.foo.

This is identical to:

Module M
  def foo;end
  def bar;end
  def baz;end
  module_function :bar, :baz
end

It is *also* identical to:

Module M
  def foo;end
  def self.bar; end
  def self.baz; end
end


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