From: Phrogz <gavin@...>
Date: 2005-12-02T03:02:54+09:00
Subject: Re: abstract class

> is there something like abstract classes in ruby?
> somehow a class i could not create but wich is a superclass of some classes.

You can always 'hide' the new:

irb(main):001:0> class Foo; def self.new; end; end
=> nil
irb(main):002:0> f = Foo.new
=> nil