From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2008-04-10T06:17:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Question of self

Hi --

On Thu, 10 Apr 2008, Daniel Waite wrote:

> module FunFunModule
>
>  def self.included(base)
>    base.extend ClassMethods
>
>    class << base # <- Is this the instance of ActiveRecord?
>      ...
>    end
>  end
>
>  module ClassMethods
>    ...
>  end
>
> end
>
> The above code is included into ActiveRecord via...
>
> ActiveRecord::Base.send :include, FunFunModule
>
> Is the class << base on line 6 the actual instance of the AR model?

No; it's the singleton class of AR::Base.


David

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