From: Gary Wright <gwtmp01@...>
Date: 2008-02-15T08:43:21+09:00
Subject: Re: object specific methods and id


On Feb 14, 2008, at 6:19 PM, 7stud -- wrote:
> UpsNDowns wrote:
>> If I create an object specifc method foo on my string instance obj, a
>> new anonymous class (the singleton, I gather) is created and obj is
>> considered an instance of that.
>>
>> Also, every thing is an object (event classes). So how come,
>> obj.class.id
>> and
>> "someString".class.id
>> is the same?
>>
>> They aren't:
>
> puts String.class
> puts 'hello'.class

The original poster was talking about a string instance
that has been specialized with a singleton method, not
the String class object.

UpnsNDowns:  You have to be careful about thinking of the object
as an instance of its eigenclass.  It is a useful analogy but it
is just that, an analogy.

Gary Wright