From: gwtmp01@...
Date: 2005-11-07T12:57:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Access control and class methods


On Nov 6, 2005, at 9:45 PM, Eero Saynatkari wrote:
>   class << foobar
>     # ...
>   end
> [..]
> In actuality, of course, the relationship is inverted as we are
> not inheriting foobar but indeed making foobar inherit from a
> new class but the end result behaves more or less the same.

This is all part of the confusion.  An object is not a subclass
of its eigenclass so there is no class/subclass relationship
being asserted by the 'class <<object' syntax.  The fact that
the symbol '<' is *also* used to assert a subclass relationship
in a similar notation (class A < B) hints at some sort of
subclassing assertion related to the object that doesn't exist.
The notation is a semantic head-fake.


Gary Wright