From: Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@...>
Date: 2005-09-24T19:26:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Inspect, looking in from the outside

"Trans" <transfire@gmail.com> writes:

> I've refined the module idea. I moved the methods to ObjectSpace
> instead. So:
>
>   class C
>     def object_id ; "Argh!" ; end
>   end
>
>   c = C.new
>   c.object_id  #=> "Argh!"
>
> Yes, we've been thwarted, but OpectSpace to the rescue!
>
>   ObjectSpace.object_id(c)  #=> -606603492
>
> There are some shortcuts too like:
>
>   ObjectSpace.id(c)  #=> -606603492
>
> One might wonder about the methods that are being overridden in
> ObjectSpace itself. Well, despite their very rare potential usage,
> that's the whole problem this intends to solve. So,
>
>   ObjectSpace.object_id(ObjectSpace)  #=> -605307980

    ObjectSpace.object_id_of(ObjectSpace)  #=> -605307980
    ObjectSpace.object_id                  #=> -605307980

> So what do other's think? Is this better then depending on __id__ and a
> gaagle of other __xyz__ methods, or no?

I've been thinking about having #send and #object_id as external
methods too, and I like the idea.

> T.
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