From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2005-04-23T23:49:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Article: Seeing Metaclasses Clearly


I was thinking that maybe we should look at how we get at the class
now:

  (class << self ; self ; end)

that would indicate a name like "selfish_class" :-)

And really the class is quite egotistical. What right does it have to
butt in so _easily_? Isn't that exactly why Matz is reluctant to settle
on a final name? On the other hand "selfish" is a little "ishy" too --I
mean, is it or isn't it? So perhaps "egotisitical_class" would do. A
little long. We could shorten to just "egoclass". Ah, yes. Now that's
fun. Now I can speculate on what is "superegoclass" :-) Freud would be
proud.

Okay, cheese humor aside, "idioclass" is actually a very good term. It
is quite percise, even better than "special_class" I think.

  Main Entry: idio-
  Function: combining form
  Etymology: Greek, from idios -- more at IDIOT
  : one's own : personal : separate : distinct <idioblast>

And it has a nice technical ring too it. Which is really what all the
other suggestions lacked. Good call David. 

+1

T.