From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-01-25T13:57:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Metaclass confusion


On Jan 24, 2006, at 11:28 PM, Vivek wrote:

> Hi,
> can someone explain this.
>
> irb(main):013:0> Class.instance_methods
> => ["superclass", "new"]
> irb(main):014:0> Class.class
> => Class
>
> I guess Class is an object(an instance of Class?)  but its of type
> Class. How can an object's type be an object itself.?
>
> Vivek
>
>

In ruby, everything is an object. Even classes. Class inherits from  
object just like everything else (well it inherits from Module which  
inherits from Object). Its a little weird to get used to, but that's  
how it works.