From: Paul Lutus <nospam@...>
Date: 2006-12-04T16:50:06+09:00
Subject: Re: FastRI, handling identical class names and methods

Daniel Berger wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> FastRI 0.2.1
> Ruby 1.8.5
> Windows XP
> 
> With FastRI (or rather, fri) how do you distinguish a lookup on classes
> with identical names and methods (and no namespace to distinguish them)?
> 
> For example, I have the Pathname class from the stdlib and my own
> Pathname class from the 'pathname2' package.  If I do 'fri
> Pathname#descend' I get the documentation from the Pathname class in the
> stdlib instead of my own.  Is there a way to force the issue?

Yes, there is. The best solution is to give your own class a different name.
It is not a good idea to use an existing class name for your own classes.

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Paul Lutus
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