From: Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...>
Date: 2006-06-22T22:10:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Module#name for anonymous modules

Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In message "Re: Module#name for anonymous modules"
>     on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 08:08:20 +0900, transfire@gmail.com writes:
> 
> |Observation:
> |
> |  mod = Module.new
> |  mod.name  #=> ""
> |
> |Maybe it would more friendly if Module#name returned nil in this case?
> |Then one could more easily say:
> |
> |  if mod.name
> |    ...
> |  end
> 
> OK.  It will be for 1.9 or later.

Hmm, I think it may be too indirect. You aren't really checking whether 
the module has a name or not, but rather if it's anonymous. Maybe an 
#anonymous? method for both Module and Class, in addition to #name being 
nil?


Cheers,
Daniel