RubyTapas Episode 13: Singleton Objects

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1. Why not just use the Singleton Module in stdlib to build your Singletons? This would obviate the need for such strange construction syntax and further clarify (and provide a route to documentation) your intent.

   http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/libdoc/singleton/rdoc/Singleton.html

   1. The Singleton module is about finding a way to force a class to only permit a single instance. The whole point of this episode is to say, why start with a class and then try to lock it down to once instance? Why not just start with an instance?

      The Singleton Pattern (and Ruby library) is kind of orthogonal, I talk about it more in another episode.

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