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Matz is warming up to the term eigenclass, the People’s slang for (class << self; self; end). From [ruby-talk:231992]:

In my mindset, two candidates have survived. singleton_class (or singletonclass), which can easily be confused with a class in the singleton design pattern. And eigenclass, which is unfamiliar for most people.

Does anyone know if Perl 6 folks still use it?