From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2005-03-10T03:10:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Object#inspect's output

Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I want to understand thoroughly how singleton objects are
> implemented. I try this:
> 
>   class C ; end
> 
>   puts C.inspect                       # =>  C
>   puts class <<C ; self ; end.inspect  # =>  #<Class:C>
> 
> Can someone give me a hint what's the difference between the
> both objects inspected? Thanks very much in advance.

The second object is the metaclass of C. There's a good explanation of 
metaclasses in the PickAxe book.