From: dblack@...
Date: 2007-06-17T08:18:10+09:00
Subject: Re: class destruction (evil genius metaprogramming)

Hi --

On Sun, 17 Jun 2007, Rick DeNatale wrote:

> On 6/16/07, dblack@wobblini.net <dblack@wobblini.net> wrote:
>
>> I do sometimes wonder what would happen if the ancestry array were
>> writeable.  It could be interesting.  I haven't thought through the
>> possible pitfalls.
>
> Actually the ancestry array only exists as the return value of the
> ancestry method, internally it's a chain of class objects, and module
> wrapper's.

By making it writeable I meant making it an interface to the chain
itself.  Obviously you can do:

   String.ancestors << "blah"

but that wasn't the point :-)


David

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