BasicObject.new

Instantiates a new blank object (devoid of methods). The only class method of class BasicObject. see “ri BasicObject”

eg,

> o=BasicObject.new (Object doesn’t support #inspect)

>

> o.methods NoMethodError: undefined method `methods’ for #<BasicObject:0x0000000267a0a0>

> def o.to_s > self > end

> nil

> o

> #<BasicObject:0x0000000267a0a0>