From: "Mauricio Fernández" Date: 2004-09-14T18:53:11+09:00 Subject: Re: Singleton method on object via define_method? On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 05:34:54PM +0900, Robert Klemme wrote: > .... but it might be a good reason to call it "virtual": it simply doesn't > exist the whole time. :-) OTOH, you can't tell from the outside - it's > there when you need it - lazyly initialized... ("lazy_class"? Oh no...) There's at least one case where you can know if the singleton class has been created or not (singletons of singletons). And you can always know if you're using evil.rb, of course :-) -- Running Debian GNU/Linux Sid (unstable) batsman dot geo at yahoo dot com