From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-06-23T19:57:03+09:00
Subject: Re: A question about Class and Object

gabriele renzi wrote:
>>That is because you're trying to extend the concept of Class-ness, not
>>of a particular class. That will be too hard to maintain, so Ruby
>>forbids it.
> 
> 
> actually, does really ruby forbids it?
> 
> 
>>>class My< Class
>>>end
> 
> TypeError: can't make subclass of Class
>         from (irb):1
> 
>>>My=Class.new(Class)
> 
> => My
> 
>>>My.superclass
> 
> => Class
> 
>>>My.new
> 
> TypeError: wrong instance allocation
>         from (irb):7:in `new'
>         from (irb):7
> 
> strange behaviour :-)

I think strange behavior is to be expected when you do
strange things. Just my opinion.

This reminds me of my D&D days, when someone put a Portable Hole
inside a Bag of Holding...


Hal