From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2008-01-13T21:51:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Get Variable Name from object_id

On Jan 12, 2008 5:13 PM, Tim Hunter <TimHunter@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Evan Moseman wrote:
> > If I am perusing through the each_object loop and find the objects I'm
> > interested in, how can I get their variable names?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --
> > Evan
> >
>
> You can't. Variables are just labels for objects. What if you have
> something like this:
>
> foo = MyClass.new
> bar = foo
>
> What's the variable name of the object? What about
>
> ary = []
> ary << bar
>
> Now what's the variable name? What about this
>
> def f(v)
>    puts v
> end
>
> f(ary[0])
>
> Now what's the variable name?

I was going to reply in the same way, but I suppose it would be
interesting to call up names for objects if the names exist for the
object space (as nil or array for each object maybe?).  Like
Object#references or something like that.

Todd