Rails - Oct 2008 - Metaclass/Singleton class question.

I understand that (class << self; self; end) returns the singelton class
of object that is calling it but why would use that instead of self <<
MyClass ...?

For example, arent these all equivalent?

class << String
  def foo
    puts "foo"
  end
end

class String
  class << self
    def foo
      puts "foo"
    end
  end
end

class String
  (class << self; self; end).module_eval do
     def foo
       puts "foo"
     end
  end
end

So why would you use the more obscure (class << self; self; end)
technique? Can someone please explain.
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On 26 Oct 2008, at 18:30, Joe Blow wrote:
>
> I understand that (class << self; self; end) returns the singelton  
> class
> of object that is calling it but why would use that instead of self
<<
> MyClass ...?
>
> For example, arent these all equivalent?
>
> class << String
>  def foo
>    puts "foo"
>  end
> end
>
> class String
>  class << self
>    def foo
>      puts "foo"
>    end
>  end
> end
>
> class String
>  (class << self; self; end).module_eval do
>     def foo
>       puts "foo"
>     end
>  end
> end
>
> So why would you use the more obscure (class << self; self; end)
> technique? Can someone please explain.
if self isn''t a class for example

class Object
   def meta
     (class << self; self; end)
   end
end

x = "123"
x.meta.module_eval do
   def foo
     puts "foo"
   end
end

x.foo

you could of course have just done

def x.foo
   puts "foo"
end

but sometimes you want to more than just add a method.

Fred



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