From: "anuraguniyal (anurag uniyal)" Date: 2013-03-14T10:30:12+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:53390] [ruby-trunk - Bug #8091][Open] Class.new is not called when class is created using class keyword Issue #8091 has been reported by anuraguniyal (anurag uniyal). ---------------------------------------- Bug #8091: Class.new is not called when class is created using class keyword https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/8091 Author: anuraguniyal (anurag uniyal) Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: ruby -v: 2.0.0p0 =begin When a class is created using ((|class|)) keyword, Class.new is not called but if class is created using ((|Class.new|)) it is obviously called, there seems to be a dyssymmetry between ((|class X|)) and ((|Class.new|)) e.g. class Class class << self alias new_orig new def new(*args) obj = new_orig *args print "created",obj,"\n" obj end end end class X end It doesn't print anything, but Class.new does =end -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/