From: Thufir <hawat.thufir@...>
Date: 2007-11-08T12:34:56+09:00
Subject: Re: instantiating random sub-classes (Dragon, TeethDeer, etc

On Nov 7, 7:03 pm, 7stud -- <bbxx789_0...@yahoo.com> wrote:
[...]
> You can save those sub Classes in an array:
>
> class Creature
>   def Creature.inherited(new_subClass_that_was_defined)
>     puts new_subClass_that_was_defined
>
>     if not defined?(@@subs)
>       @@subs = []
>     end
>
>     @@subs << new_subClass_that_was_defined
>
>   end
>
>   def Creature.subs   #can access @@subs using: Creature.subs
>     @@subs
>   end
> end
[...]

Ah, thank you for fleshing it out, but is it ok that @@subs isn't
declared?

I seem to have created multiple threads on this topic, oops.  Thank
you everyone for the input, many good ideas and an almost overwhelming
amount of information to absorb :)



-Thufir