From: Julien Gaugaz <gaugaz@...3s.de>
Date: 2006-12-20T21:12:45+09:00
Subject: Re: ICLASS Node?

Charles Thornton wrote:
> I have been looking at the nodes generated for a simple program.   It
> seems the when you include a module, or it is included as part of a
> built-in class, the node ICLASS  is constructed to interface with the
> Module?
>
> Can anyone give me a short discussion on what ICLASS is used for
> or doing in this case?
>
> Godfather
>
I'm a newbie so take my answer with care. I read in The Ruby Way from 
Hal Fulton (2nd ed) that when a module MyMod is mixed in a class 
MyClass, the module is actually inserted as a *direct* superclass of 
MyClass. So that if you define

class MyClass < MySuper
    include MyMod
end

Then at instantiation of MyClass you will actually have MyClass < MyMod 
and MyMod < MySuper.

Julien