Issue #19573 has been reported by jeremyevans0 (Jeremy Evans). ---------------------------------------- Feature #19573: Add Class#singleton_inherited https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19573 * Author: jeremyevans0 (Jeremy Evans) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal ---------------------------------------- This would be similar to `Class#inherited`, but would be called with singleton classes of instances instead of subclasses. This could be used to warn or raise on singleton class creation, or modify the instance to change behavior, such as allow optimizations when a singleton class does not exist, but allow fallbacks if it does exist. ```ruby c = Class.new do def self.inherited(subclass) p :inherited end def self.singleton_inherited(singleton_class) # could use singleton_class.attached_object for modifying related object p :singleton_inherited end end Class.new(c) # prints :inherited c.new.singleton_class # prints :singleton_inherited ``` This could potentially be an instance method (e.g. `Kernel#singleton_class_created` or `BasicObject#singleton_class_created`) instead of a class method. However, that would not grant any additional flexibility, since per-object behavior first requires creation of a singleton class. If this is accepted, should the method be called for singleton classes created by `Kernel#clone` if the receiver has a singleton class? I think it should, as `Class#inherited` is called for `Class#clone`. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/