From: csaba <csaba.henk@...>
Date: 2005-04-22T01:44:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Article: Seeing Metaclasses Clearly


David A. Black wrote:

> I always thought it was singleton in the sense that, unlike the
"birth
> class", it was not shared with other objects.  There is of course a
> long history of discussion about the term "singleton", and the fact
> that it's overloaded....  I've suggested "own class", and others have
> suggested other terms, though I don't know that even a pronouncement
> from Matz will change usage completely.

"Own class" is the best I've heard 'till now in terms of correctness,
it's just a bit "pale". I mean, when you say "I go there by my own
car", then the "own" doesn't refer to a special type of car, it just
refers to some relation of the car with other things. It refers to a
non-intrinsic thing. But if you say
"I go there by my batcar", that makes a difference. Such a thing is
what we need for ruby.

What about "eigenclass", like in eigenvalue?