From: Simon Strandgaard <neoneye@...>
Date: 2003-12-15T00:52:00+09:00
Subject: Re: inplace assignment

On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 23:59:21 +0900, David A. Black wrote:
>> 
>>   class MyClass < MyClass
> 
> Yikes.  I *think* that resorting to that is a reasonably good
> indication that you might want to look for a new program design :-)

irb(main):001:0> class A < A
irb(main):002:1> def test
irb(main):003:2> super
irb(main):004:2> end
irb(main):005:1> end
TypeError: undefined superclass `A'
        from (irb):1
irb(main):006:0>

Special way of writing recursive methods/classes, which reminds me of
modern c++ design's powerful ideas of recursive classes.

Is it possible to make classes which inherit from themselves ?

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Simon Strandgaard