From: why the lucky stiff <ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2004-10-06T01:07:02+09:00
Subject: Re: object id, objectspace, ip addresses

trans. (T. Onoma) wrote:

>On Monday 04 October 2004 09:42 pm, zuzu wrote:
>  
>
>>i am curious as to, if ruby objectspace were extended beyond localhost
>>-- if multiple users were to *share* an objectspace, how to maintain
>>uniquely identifiable objects just as IP numbers do on the internet.
>>    
>>
>Highly recommend:
>
>  http://www.taguri.org/
>  
>
YAML uses taguri for this very purpose.  You can create unique 
identifiers for your Ruby classes in YAML.  See the YAML documentation 
<http://yaml4r.sourceforge.net/doc/>, especially the section on "Type 
Families" for information.

As for referring to unique objects, it's probably best to use some sort 
of URI, though not necessarily taguri.  I keep an object with site news 
at <http://whytheluckystiff.net/index.yaml>.  I'd probably use the HTTP 
address to refer to the object rather than a taguri, simply because the 
URL gives you the means for accessing the object immediately.

_why