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;TI"  alias old_new new
;TI"  def new(*args)
;TI"2    print "Creating a new ", self.name, "\n"
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;TI"	end
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;TI"class Name
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;T;0o;;[	I"DClasses, modules, and objects are interrelated. In the diagram ;TI"Fthat follows, the vertical arrows represent inheritance, and the ;TI"<parentheses metaclasses. All metaclasses are instances ;TI"of the class `Class'.;To;
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;TI"8             |           |         |             |
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