From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2005-04-19T20:51:07+09:00
Subject: Re: [EVALUATION] - E03c - The Ruby Object Model (Revised   Documentation)

Hi --

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Jim Weirich wrote:

> On Tuesday 19 April 2005 06:39 am, Ilias Lazaridis wrote:
>>> Using _why's metaid library
>>
>> this library is irrelevant.
>> I'm evaluating standard ruby and its Object Model.
>> The [Meta] Object Model must be accessible without additional libraries.
>
> Accessing Object's metaclass:
>
>>> meta_class_of_Object = class << Object; self; end
> => #<Class:Object>
>>> meta_class_of_Object.class
> => Class
>
> So, the metaclass of Object /does/ inherit from class.

Doesn't that tell you that it is an instance of Class, rather than
that it inherits from Class?  As opposed to:

   irb(main):001:0> c = (class << Object; self; end)
   => #<Class:Object>
   irb(main):002:0> c.superclass
   => Class

?


David

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David A. Black
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