From: Jeremy Tregunna <jtregunna@...>
Date: 2006-09-04T12:59:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Does an instance know his own name?


On 06-09-03, at 23:10, Geoff Barnes wrote:

> If a class has built checks and raises an exception if it finds
> something wrong, how can I tell which instance had the error?  I know
> there's an object_id, but can I know the name of the objects own
> instance variable?

Instances don't have names.

> huey = Nephew.new
> duey = Nephew.new
> luey = Nephew.new

These are examples of binding an instance to a particular key (think  
of it in terms of a dictionary/hashtable), and not naming the  
instances of Nephew: huey, duey and luey.

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Jeremy Tregunna
jtregunna@blurgle.ca