From: Sebastian Hungerecker <sepp2k@...>
Date: 2008-02-16T20:16:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Which data-type can I use for this task?

Siep Korteling wrote:
> Hmm. "A" is a full blown Class (as Robert wrote), and  "a" is reference
> to an anonimous Class, provided by Ruby to aid clumsy programmers?

An anonymous class is a full blown class, too. The only difference between a 
named class and an anonymous class is that the named class has been assigned 
to a constant which then became its name. Example:
>> c = Class.new
=> #<Class:0x2acfa00d27e0>
(anonymous class)
>> FooBar = c
=> FooBar
>> c
=> FooBar
It's still the same class, but its name is now FooBar because that's the 
constant it has been assigned to.


HTH,
Sebastian
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