From: Patrick Li Date: 2008-08-11T12:22:18+09:00 Subject: Basic question about Ruby's class hierarchy Hi, I thought I understood this, but apparently not. What is this object exactly? o = class << String; self; end From my understanding: p o and p String should output the same thing. but it doesn't p o # p String #String Thanks for answering such a basic question for me. -Patrick -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.