Foundation question

Les Tyrrell tyrrell at canis.uiuc.edu
Wed Jul 12 01:14:10 UTC 2000


Ned Konz wrote:
> 
> Ned Konz wrote:
> 
> > When you define a class, you're actually adding two objects to the
> > system:
> > the class (which is an instance of Class), and the metaclass (which is
> > an instance
> > of Metaclass). So,
> 
> Sorry, I was wrong about that. See Les' reference... It's been a while
> since I Smalltalked...

I've been Smallalking for years, and to be quite honest I still don't
know how it is actually possible for 'Dictionary class' to be a subclass
of Class. I look at the instance variables and it is just a bit freaky.
I've been meaning to look into that in more detail someday- I'm sure
that I'm not looking at it right.

> --
> Ned Konz
> currently: Stanwood, WA
> email:     ned at bike-nomad.com
> homepage:  http://bike-nomad.com





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