new

/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     Class.new(super_class=Object)   =>    a_class
 *  
 *  Creates a new anonymous (unnamed) class with the given superclass
 *  (or <code>Object</code> if no parameter is given). You can give a
 *  class a name by assigning the class object to a constant.
 *     
 */

static VALUE
rb_class_initialize(argc, argv, klass)
    int argc;
    VALUE *argv;
    VALUE klass;
{
    VALUE super;

    if (RCLASS(klass)->super != 0) {
        rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "already initialized class");
    }
    if (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &super) == 0) {
        super = rb_cObject;
    }
    else {
        rb_check_inheritable(super);
    }
    RCLASS(klass)->super = super;
    rb_make_metaclass(klass, RBASIC(super)->klass);
    rb_mod_initialize(klass);
    rb_class_inherited(super, klass);

    return klass;
}