From: Martin DeMello Date: 2004-09-13T23:04:55+09:00 Subject: Re: Singleton method on object via define_method? Robert Klemme wrote: > > OTOH, you can have exactly one instance of this class, but this instance > preceedes the class (i.e. first the instance is created and then - maybe - > the class). Strictly speaking, the instance is the factory for the > class - not the other way round as it is normally. self#protoclass ? martin