Issue #6478 has been updated by jneen (Jeanine Adkisson). I wonder if exposing a static `Object.class_of(thing)` would be appropriate? There's also the singleton_class to consider as well. ---------------------------------------- Feature #6478: BasicObject#__class__ https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6478#change-116321 * Author: trans (Thomas Sawyer) * Status: Feedback * Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) ---------------------------------------- How else is one supposed to get the class of a subclass of BasicObject? -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/