From: Marnen Laibow-Koser <marnen@...>
Date: 2009-11-16T12:04:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Any official name for Ruby's class which makes "class me

Hunt Jon wrote:
> We all know Ruby really doesn't have class methods.
> 
> But how do you call such classes that have "class methods"?
> I hear Japanese say 特異 class, but is there any English word for that?

You mean instances of class Class?  The official docs call them 
metaclasses.

> 
> Is eigenclass an official name for that?

I think -- and I could be confused -- that "eigenclass" is a synonym for 
"singleton class".  I never use the word myself, so I'm not certain.

> 
> Trying to figure it out by looking into documentation, but I haven't 
> found
> any official call.
> 
> - J

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