Hi, 2010/1/5 Yusuke ENDOH <mame / tsg.ne.jp>: >> We haven't met any consensus of a name for the method. >> singleton_class, singletonclass, eigenclass, or whatever. > > The draft of ruby-std uses eigenclass. 13.4 Eigenclass) Yes, it does. However, we can choose another word. I prefer singleton_class than eigenclass. I suppose that "singleton class" is not so confusing with a class which implements the Singleton pattern because the word singleton remind Ruby users of singleton methods rather than the Singleton pattern. -- Shugo Maeda