[Cuis-dev] relationship between Behavior, Object, and ProtoObject

[Jaromir Matas]

On 12-Jul-24 3:30:39 PM, "Mark Volkmann via Cuis-dev" 
<cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st> wrote:

>I understand that Object is a subclass of ProtoObject and that the 
>`basicNew` and `new` methods are defined in Behavior. But I can't find 
>a relationship between Object and Behavior
Object class superclass superclass superclass superclass   " --> 
Behavior "


>, or between ProtoObject and Behavior. Can someone explain how it is 
>that I can send `#new` to any object?
In general you don't send #new to _any_ object but usually just to 
classes. They are instances of other classes (metaclasses) - like Object 
class etc. And all metaclasses are subclassed from Class which in turn 
is a subclass of Behavior.

Here's a nice description by Leandro Caniglia: 
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57898036/is-it-true-that-metaclass-class-is-just-metaclass

>How does it find that method in `Behavior`? I tried to use the debugger 
>to discover the answer, but that didn't help me to find the answer.
>
>--
>R. Mark Volkmann
>Object Computing, Inc.
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