From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2003-07-01T19:04:23+09:00
Subject: Re: anonymous classes

On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 08:50:31AM +0900, Ian Macdonald wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Could someone please explain to me the concept of an anonymous class?
> 
> I'm talking about this construct:
> 
> class << Foo
> ...
> end
> 
> I'm having a hard time understanding the books and figuring out when I
> might actually want/need to use this.

What you've written is called a "singleton class". I wrote this a while:

http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?SingletonTutorial

It might be helpful and includes a couple of links to more detailled
information.

Regards,

Brian.