From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2006-06-23T18:50:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Class#name=

Hi,

In message "Re: Class#name="
    on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:12:27 +0900, "Robert Dober" <robert.dober@gmail.com> writes:

|irb(main):003:0> A = mod
|=> A
|irb(main):004:0> mod.name
|=> "A"
|most surprising
|irb(main):005:0> B = mod
|=> A
|irb(main):006:0> mod.name
|=> "A"
|even more surprising
|irb(main):007:0> B.name
|=> "A"
|??????
|irb(main):008:0>
|
|Well this kind of shocks me, is there an idea behind this which I am
|missing?

The module referenced from A and B are the same object (mod).  If same
module reports different name depends on how it is called, I would
surprise VERY MUCH.  For your note, Ruby does not promise that you
don't surprise.  It's just impossible.  It tries its best to do
reasonable job as much as it can.

							matz.