From: Sam Kong <sam.s.kong@...>
Date: 2006-01-26T02:08:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Metaclass confusion

Hi,

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.?

The following doc helped me understand Ruby object model pretty well.

Understanding Ruby's Object Model [ ChrisPine_UROM.ppt ]
(http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/Understanding%20Ruby's%20Object%20Model/ChrisPine_UROM.ppt)
at http://www.ruby-doc.org/whyruby/

Hope this helps.

Sam