Class.new(super_class=Object)   →    a_class

Creates a new anonymous (unnamed) class with the given superclass (or Object if no parameter is given). You can give a class a name by assigning the class object to a constant.

Source Code

/*
*  call-seq:
*     Class.new(super_class=Object)   =>    a_class
*  
*  Creates a new anonymous (unnamed) class with the given superclass
*  (or <code>Object</code> if no parameter is given). You can give a
*  class a name by assigning the class object to a constant.
*     
*/

static VALUE
rb_class_initialize(argc, argv, klass)
   int argc;
   VALUE *argv;
   VALUE klass;
{
   VALUE super;

   if (RCLASS(klass)->super != 0) {
       rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "already initialized class");
   }
   if (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &super) == 0) {
       super = rb_cObject;
   }
   else {
       rb_check_inheritable(super);
   }
   RCLASS(klass)->super = super;
   rb_make_metaclass(klass, RBASIC(super)->klass);
   rb_mod_initialize(klass);
   rb_class_inherited(super, klass);

   return klass;
}