From: Charles Mills <cmills@...>
Date: 2004-10-10T08:26:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Help with a C extension

This is helpful too:
VALUE rb_path2class _((const char*));

assert(rb_cString == rb_path2class("String"));
assert(rb_cArray == rb_path2class("Array"));
assert(cMyClass == rb_path2class("MyModule::MyClass"));

-Charlie

On Oct 9, 2004, at 3:29 PM, rcoder wrote:

> You should be able to define extension methods for built-in classes the
> same way you do for your own module.
>
> For example:
>
> VALUE my_extension_method(VALUE klass, VALUE self) {
> /* do something here... */
> return Qnil;
> }
>
> void Init_my_extension() {
> rb_define_method(rb_cString, "my_method_name", my_extension_method,
> 0);
> }
>
> --
> Lennon
> rcoder.net
>
>