From: Ian Macdonald <ian@...>
Date: 2003-07-01T19:16:52+09:00
Subject: Re: anonymous classes

On Tue 01 Jul 2003 at 19:04:23 +0900, Brian Candler wrote:

> 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.

Thanks. This is an excellent resource and makes things a lot clearer.

Ian
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