From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2004-11-29T13:34:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Seeking advice on some method names

Hi --

On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Sam Stephenson wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 11:31:06 +0900, Gavin Sinclair
> <gsinclair@soyabean.com.au> wrote:
> >   Class.get_class
> >     Class.get_class("Test::Unit")  -> Test::Unit
> >     Class.get_class("not-a-class") -> exception
> > 
> >     # Should 'get_class' be in Class or in Kernel?
> 
> Why not String?
>   "Test::Unit".to_class  # => Test::Unit
> 
> My justification: it's analogous to String#to_sym.

I'm not sure what either of these adds to const_get -- or, to put it
another way, why there should be a special method to do (essentially)
a const_get only for strings that represent class names.  


David

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David A. Black
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