From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2000-02-05T10:42:14-06:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:01240] Re: Singleton classes

matz@netlab.co.jp (Yukihiro Matsumoto) writes:

> |It's like we're subclassing the class of an object. How about
> |'anonymous subclass'?
> 
> Hmm, I don't know which is better.  As non native English speaker, I
> have no idea about the nuance of the word `singleton'.

How about 'extension class'  (stretching it thin, I know)...

> |Wouldn't the object be a Proc object?
> 
> Yes, and is closure.  They are same thing in Ruby.

Agreed-I was just suggesting that it might be less confusing not to
call them "closure objects".


Regards


Dave