From: Jim Weirich <jim@...>
Date: 2005-04-06T01:48:29+09:00
Subject: Re: [EVALUATION] - E03b - The Ruby Object Model

On Tuesday 05 April 2005 10:05 am, Austin Ziegler wrote:
> I've modified your diagram; ocObject* is an instance of otherClass,
> and the (ocObject)* metaclass is the metaclass for this instance,
> and it is a different metaclass than any other instance of
> otherClass.

Do all instances have their own metaclass?  I thought metaclasses (singleton 
classes) sprang into existence only when needed to have a place to put 
singleton methods.

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