From: Bertram Scharpf <lists@...>
Date: 2009-07-17T21:10:35+09:00
Subject: Re: class.class = class

Hi,

Am Freitag, 17. Jul 2009, 20:54:26 +0900 schrieb Rubynewbie Rubynewbie:
> I understand that when you define a new class it´s an instance of
> Class...
> 
> class Test
> end
> 
> So you can treat "Test" as an object and asks its class :
> 
> Test.class
> 
> Class
> 
> 
> Is this Class itself an object ?

Yes, it is:

  Test.class.ancestors
  # => [Class, Module, Object, Kernel]
  Class.class
  # => Class
  Class.class.ancestors
  # => [Class, Module, Object, Kernel]

Bertram


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