From: Intransition <transfire@...>
Date: 2010-12-03T01:47:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Singleton class, metaclass, eigenclass: what do they mean?



On Dec 2, 12:25 am, Tony Arcieri <tony.arci...@medioh.com> wrote:
> Every time I think I have my head around what these terms mean I seem to run
> across someone with a completely different definition.
>
> My understanding was that the singleton class is what you obtain when you
> call self.class in instance scope, and that metaclass and eigenclass
> are interchangeable terms for what you obtain if you call class << self;
> self; end in instance scope.
>
> Is this correct? Do you have a different definition?

Technically they are all the same.


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> Tony Arcieri
> Medioh! A Kudelski Brand