From: Kevin Olemoh <darkintent@...>
Date: 2006-11-01T04:12:05+09:00
Subject: Re: can there be a "with" construction?

Is the behavior the original poster asks about analogous to the the
behavior of the with construct in vb.net which is as follows:

with cbocoffee
   .items.add(.text)
  .text=""
end with

or am I missing something?
On 10/31/06, Phrogz <gavin@refinery.com> wrote:
> Kalman Noel wrote:
> > >> It seems to me that it's impossible to invent a useful name for this
> > >> method with the term �eigen� in it, so a discussion should be possible
> > >> without too much battle.
> > > Interesting.  Why "eigen"?
> >
> > (NB: I wrote �impossible�, not �possible�.)  I intended to hint at the term
> > �eigenclass�, which is an example of a Ruby concept with more than one name.
> > It naming sometimes enjoys heavy discussions.
>
> To be clear, 'eigenclass' was one (popular) suggestion among many for
> renaming the object you get when you write:
>    foo = class << bar; self; end
> that has historically most commonly been referred to as the 'singleton
> class' of an object.
>
> See http://wiki.rubygarden.org/Ruby/page/show/RenamingSingletonClass
> for more names. :)
>
>
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