From: David Alan Black <dblack@...>
Date: 2004-05-29T22:38:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Metaobjects in Ruby

Hi --

Claus Spitzer <DocBoobenstein@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm working on a paper for a class on Meta Programming Languages,
> Systems, and Architectures, and one of the possible projects is to
> compare meta programming facilities (e.g. reflection, introspection,
> intercession, et. al.) between Ruby and Smalltalk (I do admit that
> there was a bit of *ahem* influence in the selection of projects ;) ).
> Now to start I was wondering if Ruby uses Metaobjects. If yes, where
> is a good point to start gathering information on it? If not, which
> are the facilities that Ruby uses to achieve reflection,
> introspection, etc.? And again, where can I get more information on
> it?

I would look at the pickaxe book's chapter on reflection
(http://www.rubycentral.com/book/ospace.html), which covers a lot of
topics you'll probably find relevant and interesting, including
runtime callbacks, examining ObjectSpace, and several others.


David

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David A. Black
dblack@wobblini.net