From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2001-05-15T10:55:13+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:15131] Re: How do I alias a class method?

David Alan Black <dblack@candle.superlink.net> writes:

> But then, again to be consistent, wouldn't that mean changing this:
> 
>   class A
>   ...
>   end
> 
> to this:
> 
>   A = class.new {
>   ...
>   }

And then to be _really_ consistent, there's the fact that with current
Ruby,

  a = (class A
         self
       end
      )

is a syntax error, whereas

  a = eval "class A
              self
            end
           "

is not (and in the latter case you can do a.new to create new objects
of class A).


Dave