From: dblack@...
Date: 2007-01-01T06:05:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Little Things

Hi --

On Mon, 1 Jan 2007, Devin Mullins wrote:

> Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
>> |* Oh, and lets not forget the forever arguable method name for (class
>> |<< self; self; end). But please give us something concise.
>> 
>> Yes, the name is the biggest obstacle now.
> I take it you don't like meta_class, the most often proposed name for it. How 
> about virtual_class, or singleton_class, or both?
>
> irb(main):001:0> a=5; def a.foo; end
> TypeError: can't define singleton method "foo" for Fixnum
>        from (irb):1
> irb(main):002:0> a=""; class Foo < (class << a; self end); end
> TypeError: can't make subclass of virtual class
>        from (irb):2
>
> :)
>
> Devin
> (Sorry, I don't know what's already been proposed. Shame on me for not 
> researching it...)

Just about every word in the English language, and a couple in German,
has been proposed :-)


David

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