rename meta to singleton class

seems more appropriate, as it is the class for a single object
Also seems to be called that on the net (don't remember where the meta came from, but it's gone)
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2019-09-23 20:57:33 +03:00
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module Parfait
# Behaviour is the old smalltalk name for the duperclass of class and meta_class
# Behaviour is the old smalltalk name for the duperclass of class and singleton_class
#
# Classes and meta_classes are in fact very similar, in that they manage
# Classes and singleton_classes are in fact very similar, in that they manage
# - the type of instances
# - the methods for instances
#
# The main way they differ is that Classes manage type for a class of objects (ie many)
# whereas meta_class, or singleton_class manages the type of only one object (here a class)
# whereas singleton_class, or singleton_class manages the type of only one object (here a class)
#
# Singleton classes can manage the type/methods of any single object, and in the
# future off course they will, just not yet. Most single objects don't need that,

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module Parfait
class Class < Behaviour
attr_reader :name , :super_class_name , :meta_class
attr_reader :name , :super_class_name , :singleton_class
def self.type_length
6
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super(instance_type)
@name = name
@super_class_name = superclass
@meta_class = MetaClass.new( self , self.type || @name)
@singleton_class = SingletonClass.new( self , self.type || @name)
end
def rxf_reference_name

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#
# In many respects a MetaClass is like a Class. We haven't gone to the full ruby/oo level
# yet, where the metaclass is actually a class instance, but someday.
# In many respects a SingletonClass is like a Class. We haven't gone to the full ruby/oo level
# yet, where the singleton_class is actually a class instance, but someday.
# A Class in general can be viewed as a way to generate methods for a group of objects.
# A MetaClass serves the same function, but just for one object, the class object that it
# is the meta_class of.
# A SingletonClass serves the same function, but just for one object, the class object that it
# is the singleton_class of.
# This is slightly different in the way that the type of the class must actually
# change, whereas for a class the instance type changes and only objects generated
# henceafter have a different type.
# Another current difference is that a metaclass has no superclass. Also no name.
# There is a one to one relationship between a class instance and it's meta_class instance.
# Another current difference is that a singleton_class has no superclass. Also no name.
# There is a one to one relationship between a class instance and it's singleton_class instance.
module Parfait
class MetaClass < Behaviour
class SingletonClass < Behaviour
attr_reader :clazz
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end
def inspect
"MetaClass(#{@clazz.name})"
"SingletonClass(#{@clazz.name})"
end
def to_s