From: Evan Phoenix <evan@...>
Date: 2010-01-07T13:58:55+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:27467] Re: [Feature #1082] add Object#singleton_class method


On Jan 4, 2010, at 10:52 AM, Kornelius Kalnbach wrote:

> On 04.01.10 17:28, Haase, Konstantin wrote:
>> +1 for metaclass, as is it compatible with ActiveSupport, Rubinius 
>> and _why.
> 
> The current methods are all named singleton_*, so anything else than
> singleton_class would be inconsistent.
> 
> ActiveSupport can (and will) still implement metaclass. And I didn't
> know Rubinius was having its own Ruby language. Compatibility with
> _why's metaid can be installed as a gem.

Rubinius has a #metaclass method because we commonly need to access the metaclass to implement functionality in Ruby.

If an official name is adopted, we're fine changing to it.

 - Evan

> 
>> Also, it confuses people with a Python background.
> Is that a plus? A metaclass are just the class of a class. I think _why
> didn't pick the best name.
> 
> "Eigenclass" still sounds like a mathematician's joke to me ;)
> 
> [murphy]
> 
>