From: Sean O'Halpin <sean.ohalpin@...>
Date: 2011-03-07T08:26:28+09:00
Subject: Re: How to get class of BasicObject ancestor (Ruby 1.9.2)?

On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 9:21 PM, 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> wrote:
> ...or even simpler: just open up BasicObject and monkeypatch a class
> method called class(untested):
!
> class BasicObject
>  def self.class
>    self
>  end
> end
>
> Then have at it.

You've changed the #class method of the BasicObject /class/, not the /instance/.
So BasicObject.class will now return BasicObject (rather than Class)
and BasicObject.new.class will not work.

Regards,
Sean