Subject: Re: "self.class" vs. "(class << self; self; end)" From: Marcin Mielyski <lopexx@ t r . > Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:41:50 +0900 References: 176633 In-reply-to: 176633 ssmoot / gmail.com wrote: Yes there is a difference. In the first example You simply reopen a class a define a method for it. In the second example You reopen an eigenclass (which is a singleton instance of class object) and