From: Gary Wright <gwtmp01@...>
Date: 2008-02-18T14:05:03+09:00
Subject: Re: object specific methods and id


On Feb 17, 2008, at 4:09 AM, UpsNDowns wrote:
> 1)
> Looking at the ruby code (the C) it appears that the teacher may be  
> right in a technical sense. Fx the 'rb_class_real' method of  
> object.c 'peels' off any singletons before returning the class of  
> an object.
>
> (However that is also odd as the singletons get special help from  
> the VM  that goes beyond their creation. In a clean solution, I  
> *guess*, the singletons could be completely ordinary classes once  
> they're made).

I'm not sure why you keep switching the point of view (current  
implementation, possible alternate implementation, language-level).   
I've been writing in the context of what a Ruby programmer is able to  
see not what an implementer can or might be able to see.

Gary Wright