41e0859 | plum

A statically typed, imperative programming language inspired by rust, python

41e0859 — Peter John 2026-08-09T21:12:47+05:30

docs: update methods section for nested-only method declaration syntax

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@@ -272,18 +272,18 @@ Full example: [`examples/closures.plum`](examples/closures.plum).
 ### `self`, field access, and methods
-A function declared as `name<Receiver>(...)` is a method on `Receiver`, with an implicit `self: Receiver`:
+A `fun` declared indented directly inside a `type`/`enum` body is a method on that type, with an implicit `self`:
 ```plum
 type Cat =
   name: Str
   age: Int
-fun getAge<Cat>() -> Int =
+  fun getAge(self) -> Int =
-  self.age
+    self.age
-fun birthday<Cat>() -> Int =
+  fun birthday(self) -> Int =
-  self.age + 1
+    self.age + 1
 fun main() -> Int =
   c = Cat(name: "Whiskers", age: 3)