From: Mat Schaffer <schapht@...>
Date: 2006-12-22T22:12:19+09:00
Subject: Re: class method


On Dec 22, 2006, at 6:10 AM, Spitfire wrote:

> Peter Szinek wrote:
>> a 'is-an' A. you ask for this with
>> a.is_a? A
>> When you are asking
>> a.class.is_a? A
>> that actually means 'A.class is_a? A' which is not true since  
>> A.class is
>> Class.
> now I get it! Thanks. I appreciate the help.

Also, the Pick Axe book has a section on the ruby object model that I  
thought was really helpful learning this stuff.  There's a dichotomy  
between instance and class objects that I wasn't aware of until I  
read it.
-Mat