--- !ruby/object:RI::ClassDescription
attributes: []
class_methods:
- !ruby/object:RI::MethodSummary
name: new
comment:
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P
body: Classes in Ruby are first-class objects---each is an instance of class <tt>Class</tt>.
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P
body: "When a new class is created (typically using <tt>class Name ... end</tt>), an object of type <tt>Class</tt> is created and assigned to a global constant (<tt>Name</tt> in this case). When <tt>Name.new</tt> is called to create a new object, the <tt>new</tt> method in <tt>Class</tt> is run by default. This can be demonstrated by overriding <tt>new</tt> in <tt>Class</tt>:"
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::VERB
body: " class Class\n alias oldNew new\n def new(*args)\n print "Creating a new ", self.name, "\\n"\n oldNew(*args)\n end\n end\n\n class Name\n end\n\n n = Name.new\n"
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P
body: <em>produces:</em>
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::VERB
body: " Creating a new Name\n"
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P
body: Classes, modules, and objects are interrelated. In the diagram that follows, the vertical arrows represent inheritance, and the parentheses meta-classes. All metaclasses are instances of the class `Class'.
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::VERB
body: " +------------------+\n | |\n Object---->(Object) |\n ^ ^ ^ ^ |\n | | | | |\n | | +-----+ +---------+ |\n | | | | |\n | +-----------+ | |\n | | | | |\n +------+ | Module--->(Module) |\n | | ^ ^ |\n OtherClass-->(OtherClass) | | |\n | | |\n Class---->(Class) |\n ^ |\n | |\n +----------------+\n"
constants: []
full_name: Class
includes: []
instance_methods:
- !ruby/object:RI::MethodSummary
name: allocate
- !ruby/object:RI::MethodSummary
name: inherited
- !ruby/object:RI::MethodSummary
name: new
- !ruby/object:RI::MethodSummary
name: superclass
- !ruby/object:RI::MethodSummary
name: to_yaml
name: Class
superclass: Module
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