From: Vincent Isambart <vincent.isambart@...>
Date: 2004-08-10T01:07:38+09:00
Subject: Re: stupid question: Object#name

About the class name, the name of the class is not necessarily the name 
of the constant that references the name. Example:
class Foo
end
Bar = Foo
Foo = 0

Then you cannot do Foo.new, but Bar.name returns "Foo".
I think in fact, when the class does not exist, Ruby creates the class, 
and gives it the name that is after "class". It then gives to a 
constant of the same name the value of the class.

If you try to add a method to Foo, it does not work :
class Foo
   def a() end
end
-> TypeError: Foo is not a class

You can still add a method to the class created before :
class Bar
   def a() end
end

and Bar.field still returns "Foo".
So the name field of class is just a name that does not necessarily 
means anything.

I hope what I said was understandable ^o^

Regards,
Vincent Isambart