From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-04-21T06:30:14+09:00
Subject: Re: [ ruby-Bugs-4151 ] Stack trace doesn't include class

Hi --

On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:

> You don't *have* to read the word "class" the wrong way. It doesn't always
> mean a non-singleton class and it doesn't even always mean an instance
> of the Class class. it can be a non-Class Module too, because modules
> are those second-class citizens that work the same way classes do
> except that they don't have the right to sit down when they take the
> bus.

I can't think of any context where I would use the word "class" to
describe an instance of Module.  I know you've lobbied for unification
of Module and Class, but as the language actually is, they're not
unified and it's definitely not wrong to use the word "class" to refer
exclusively to instances of Class.


David

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