From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-04-04T04:35:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Dynamic code generation

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On Apr 3, 2006, at 10:55 AM, Thiago Arrais wrote:

> The question is: is there a simpler way? Maybe using
> class constants?

Is this simpler enough?

% cat identifiers.rb
class A
   ID = "Class A"
   def name
     self.class::ID
   end
end

class B < A # uses default id
end

class C < A # uses a custom id
ID = "Class C"
end

puts A.new.name
puts B.new.name
puts C.new.name

% ruby identifiers.rb
Class A
Class A
Class C


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