From: Hacksaw <hacksaw@...>
Date: 2003-12-17T11:44:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Copying methods from one class to another

> So, the short notation of
> 
>   class A < A
> 
> is the same as:
> 
>   A = Class.new(A) 
> 
> and does the exact same thing as above, except that it dispenses with the go 
> between constant B. And is analogous to doing this with a string:
> 
>    str = " A new string " + str

Well, okay, you can do this. It strikes me that this is the equivalent of asking for a new ferrari, and then replacing it's insides with another new ferrari.