From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2005-04-19T18:27:58+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Article: Seeing Metaclasses Clearly

>>>>> "J" == Jim Weirich <jim@weirichhouse.org> writes:

J> So, the instances of a metaclass are classes.  Ruby happens to implement 
J> metaclasses as singleton classes (or virtual classes, whatever).  So the 
J> singleton class of a class is a metaclass, but the singleton class of 
J> something that is not a class, would not be a meta class.

 A singleton class never create an instance, in ruby.

 Don't make confusion with another language, which use

  "Putting Metaclasses to Work: A New Dimension in Object-Oriented
   Programming"

 as references.



Guy Decoux